U.S. Gold

An age old company, started in the early 80's with intentions to release and convert American Games onto the English 8-bit platforms - not surprisingly, the games industry being mainly based in America at that time anyway, it worked. Base in Liverpool, the stomping grounds of such companies as Ocean, Bug-Byte and Imagine, they were prominent well into the 90's, but a few bad losses, including the loss of the rights for all Lucasarts UK games publishing to VIE meant that they lost their way, and eventually teamed up with another ailing software house Core Design, forming CentreGold. In 1995 the Centregold family was bought out by none other than Eidos UK, a company which has suddenly come to prominence over the last few years. To cut a long story short, Core Design lives on as a subsidiary company of Eidos, and US Gold is no more - the last game bearing the brand being Championship Manager 2 for the PC.


Beach Head

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A bit of a classic, this one combines all forms of gameplay as you battle to overcome the evil country, by invading them. Shooting, puzzling, sideways firing, and a bit of strategical positioning is needed. This is a great game, all the graphics are really good, and the gameplay is just what it should be, varied. Definitly one to play.

Bounty Bob Strikes Back

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Another one converted by MicroPower, this is probably US Golds worst game, not really because it is all that bad, but because against all their other games it just isn't that good. It is a fairly average platformer, with a bit of fun and originality. You are bounty bob, basically you have to go through the levels and walk on every platform, turning it a yellow colour, when you have done this you advance to the next level. It is ok, but quite hard, the graphics are quite nice though.

Bruce Lee

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This is a good platform game, with you playing the kung-fu king himself, battling through the levels, collecting funny squiggles which allow access to other parts of the level. It is highly entertaining, and fun. It was converted by Micro Power, but it is in the US Gold section because they designed it.

Cosmic Battlezones

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Crystal Castles

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This is a good old fashioned collect the gems game, the only difference is that it is on a rather spiffy isometric platform layout, which changes every level. You play Bentley the bear and have to get all the gems on the level, before the monsters do, thse vary from trees to round bouncy balls and are very intelligent! The graphics are very nice, and the whole thing works rather well!

Dam Busters

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This looks like a really good flight sim, but I don't know how the hell to control it - can anyone provide me with some instructions on what they keys are?

Impossible Mission

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A nice game, with some of the most fluid graphics I have seen on the BBC, you are a spy, infiltrating enemy terriotory, you have to search all the rooms, looking for objects, whilst dodging the deadly robots with their powerful weapons. A really good game, the main character really moves like a real person!

Kayleth

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A nice complexed text adventure game. Done all in Mode 7, the game is very descriptive, and makes the best of the 2 word parser. The display is also a lot neater than on most other adventure games, and an added bonus is that you can load and save games into RAM.

Raid Over Moscow

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Another good idea, this one has the Americans versus the Russians, they have just launched a nuclear missile, and it is your job to shoot it down with your fleet of fighter planes. I really want to get into this game, but can someone tell me what the keys are! As soon as I find out, I'll put them here, then you can play it yourselves!

Spy Hunter

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In this version of the official SEGA arcade game, you play a policeman trying to capture a spy, it is an extremely fun game, with good graphics, and great pace. A game that makes you wonder why they never did anything more.

Tapper

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This is one of the best ideas for a game ever, it is really simple, you are the barman and there are 4 bars, each with thirsty customers, you have to pour the pints, and roll them down the table to the customers. When they finish the beer, they slide the mug back down the table, and you have to collect it or you lose a life. Sounds easy right? Not really, the customers are always getting closer to you, and if they reach the end of the bar, you also lose a life, as the levels progress more and more customers want their pints, and it gets very hard! A highly entertaining game!