Tynesoft

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Probably the only Geordie software company ever! These guys really did make some good games, they specialised in the sports area, but also made some other games as well. Most of their sports games are to do with athletics or football, they never really made any others.

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Goal

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A poor version of Matchday, the game moves a lot quicker, but it is way too hard to play against the computer, and the graphics just don't look anywere near as good as Matchdays. It does have more options, but what is the point if the gameplay is not there! One strange thing is that the graphics are nearly drawn identically to the ones in Matchday!


Ian Bothams Test Match Cricket

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This is probably one of the only Cricket games on the BBC Micro, and unfortunately it does nothing to enhance the reputation of cricket for being an exiting game. The graphics are as usual very good, but the way cricket is played it does not lend itself to a computer version. It was one of their earlier games (1986) but still that is no excuse.


Indoor Sports

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The BEST sporting game I have ever played, bar football ones. This is a really good idea, and the games in this really are converted well to the computer format. There is Table Hockey, Table Tennis, Ten Pin Bowling and Darts. Not one of these games is anything less than superbly playable on your own, and excellent fun with another player. Table Tennis is really fun, you can have a blast on Table Hockey, with some really good ralleys, the whole thing is just pure fun. Even better still, none of the events require you to rapidly tap the keys on the keyboard!!


Jet Set Willy

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This is another classic game from Tynesoft, it is great fun, sort of like Manic Miner, but with a multiple screen format, which you can go back to at any time. The idea is simple, collect objects whilst dodging various items and carefully moving through the screens. The graphics are good, with cute little sprites, and the gameplay is nice and varied. If you like Manic Miner - you'll LOVE this.


Jet Set Willy 2

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More screens of fun, this time all the screens are different, but the objective is the same. The graphics haven't changed much, but that can be considered a good thing as they were already good enough in the first game.


Kastle

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Megaforce

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Bog-standard shooter, this is very average, it plays well enough, but you would expect more from Tynesoft than just a big chunky shooter like this. It is also quite easy because the ships are so big, it doesnt take much skill to hit one. Not their finest hour.


Mouse Trap

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Platform game, you are a mouse and have to collect all the food on the level which is dangerously populated with moving tea cups and dangerous falls. The graphics are ok, distinctly Tynesoft, low res stuff. It is a bit of a cross between Boffin and Manic Miner. Not a bad game, but nothing above average.


Oxbridge

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Good adventure game which uses mode 7 to bring teletext pictures to the traditional text adventure. The parser isn't that advanced but the pictures do make up for it. The game is set in the famous Oxford university, it is a good adventure and well worth playing.


Phantom

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This is a nice little shoot-em-up/adventure game, you are a ghostbuster, and have to go around the haunted house, shooting all the ghost with your laser blaster, whilst being careful not to bump into them.. If you do then your heart gets faster by 1 beat each time you bump into a ghost, if it gets to 100bpm (from 70) then you die! It is a highly entertaining, though not entirely original game, and worth playing, the graphics and sound are excellent as usual from the Geordie codies.