Enduro Racer

Wheelie good fun

The Atari ST received a great conversion of Enduro Racer programmed by Ian Morrison who also made the amazing Road Blasters. There are five races to compete in against a whole load of other bikers on tracks littered with many hazards. The controls are superb and I found cornering tight and exhilarating. Watch out for the timer which is happy to tick down until it's game over. So learn and practice the tracks! This is the only way you'll beat it and maybe show off those skills by doing a handlebar handstand? It's crazy but it's cool.

Visually, things are a little sparse but that helps to produce a better framerate and boy is this fast!! The music is nothing short of fantastic and typically Dave Whittaker - in other words, brilliant. Enduro Racer might be showing its age a little when compared to other ST racers but I still think it's worth booting up. Cars are best but this proves that even bikes can look cool when leaping over the jumps and thrashing around tight turns.

This is what excellent racing looks like and I guarantee that you will love every second of it.

Floppy Disks  |  Hard Drive

Bellum Internecinum

Bellum Internecinum was released in 1989 by M Goss-Custard and is a Galaga-wannabe. Shoot first and ask questions later because these ETs are incredibly trigger-happy and attack in formations - so take no prisoners. They also swoop down to clutter the screen for some frantic action whilst gaining speed and ferocity as you progress. The controls are great and you have the freedom to move in all directions. However, your ship can only take so much damage before parts begin to fall off so watch out (which is actually superb!)

Bellum Internecinum is a rock-solid shoot 'em up and I've loved every second of it.