Imagine

I think this company produced the best arcade games for the BBC, certainly they all had style. The motto was 'Imagine....the name of the game!' They were only around for about 2 years, when they went bankrupt and caused all manor of trouble in the industry, with their non payments to various magazines for adverts and personnel. The company had a two way split as to what they were going to produce - they were trying to do so called Megagames for machines like the Sinclair QL but they floundered after they had huge overheads from over staffing. They were a classic example of a well oiled publicity machine, they seemed extremely confident to the average gamer, but behind the scenes was chaos!

One thing to note is that two of the chairman came straight from Bug-Byte after a dispute with head managment! Eventually the brand was sold off to Ocean who continued to produce games under the label from 1985 onwards.


Arkanoid

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The best Breakout clone.......ever! This was truly a classic game, it expanded on the basic breakout game by adding loads of power ups to the paddle you control, and some nicely patterned layouts for the blocks. The graphics were excellent, and it had great speed. This is THE one to play!

BC Bill

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This is a very boring game, you basically just have to collect food, by hitting it, and wives, by the same method! Repeat this until you get bored stiff or a dinosaur comes along and if you touch him you die. The graphics are ok, if a bit drab, but I dont see the point to the whole thing - perhaps I'm missing something about this game?

Cosmic Cruiser

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Another strange game, it doesn't really seem to have a point, you are a space man, and in control of a gun, and there is this conveyor belt thing above you, you can get out of the gun turret and float around, but apart from that I don't know what else to do! The graphics are like BC Bill a bit drab, but can someone explain what you have to do?

Green Beret

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A fairly boring scrolling beat-em-up, it would have been quite a good game, but the colours used are disgusting, it looks like someone threw up all over the screen! The basic idea is that you are a Green Beret, and have to fight off all the badies, however it is very hard because you die after just one hit, and you need extremely fast reactions to get anywhere. A very mediocre game.

Hypersports

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A great sports game, this game lets you do swimming, shooting and a host of others, it is not too difficult, and you don't have to repeatedly press the keys as fast as on some other games. The graphics are nice, and the gameplay is excellent, one thing is the keys, which I still do not know for the shooting, but for swimming they are Z and / to stroke, and SPACE to breath, please help me with the others!

Konami Coin-Op Hits

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A compilation of four games, with Yie Ar Kung Fu, Mikie, Green Beret and Hypersports all included.

Mikie

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I love this game, not just because the theme tune is 'Its A Hard Days Night' by the Beatles! Basically, you are the school hunk, Mikie, and each level you have to go around nudging !? all the girls off their seats, and then sitting in them, adding letters to the bar at the top of the screen to spell 'OPEN!' which opens the door to the classroom, and you go outside, to face the janitor in the hall. It is a great fun game, but I don't know how to get past the locker section! Can someone help?

Pedro

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Certainly one of the weirdest games I've played. You are Pedro, and have to stop all the creatures eating your flowers, by jumping on them, stopping them before they get to the flowerbed. It is nicely done, with pseudo 3d graphics, and some not too bad graphics, it is very repetitive though, and probably wouldn't be much fun after a while.

Ping-Pong

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Wizadore

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I really like this game, you play the part of a Wizard, and have to get through all the dungeons and forests, it is a kind of arcade adventure, much in the same vein as Citadel from Superior. If you were a big fan of this type of game, then it would definitly be worth a play, its not bad, but just not as good as Citadel.

Yie Ar Kung-Fu

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One of the original beat-em-ups, this was a big hit on loads of platforms. Basically it is a one on one punch up, for one player only, and there is a great variety of characters to play against. You must use your Martial Arts skills to work your way through the game, its brilliant, a must play.

Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2

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More of the same, but this time it is more like 'double dragon' where you beat up loads of people, and the screen scrolls along. Not as good as the original.