When I had a Commodore 64 there were some brilliant games around. ‘The Last Ninja’, ‘International Karate’ and ‘Bounder’ were a few of my favourites but the one that I spent most of my time on was ‘Wizball’.

There were a lot of games back then that used some really original ideas and ‘Wizball’ was a very good example of this. You took on the role of a wizard (in the form of a smiling green sphere) and the object Read more…

When I had a Commodore 64 there were some brilliant games around. ‘The Last Ninja’, ‘International Karate’ and ‘Bounder’ were a few of my favourites but the one that I spent most of my time on was ‘Wizball’.

There were a lot of games back then that used some really original ideas and ‘Wizball’ was a very good example of this. You took on the role of a wizard (in the form of a smiling green sphere) and the object Read more…

In many ways the early to mid 1980s were the golden years of arcade games. There seemed to be such a great variety of machines to play on. Everywhere you went there were new additions to the ranks of the video machine. ‘Spy Hunter’, ‘Kung-Fu Master’, ‘Bubble Bobble’ and ‘Pac Land’. Programmers had learnt all the basics and now they were starting to push the boundaries…

These were imaginative times for video games and there were some very strange things Read more…

Anyone who is a science fiction nut (like yours truly) is going to love the Elf Life blog. There are posts about TV programmes, films and games.

Anything that is sci-fi based then it is on here. And it doesn’t just concentrate on the modern stuff. There are several articles about retro and classic sci-fi as well. We all have a soft spot for Read more…