Burger Dream

You are what you eat

Burger Dream is Reisoft's spin on 'Clowns & Balloons' with a Ronald McDonald lookalike collecting flying burgers. Imagine Breakout with a dollop of Space Invaders - but replace the aliens with hamburgers!

Ronald is left to feel the wind in his wig because we control a couple of goons who move a trampoline contraption that allows him to bounce high in the air and collect burgers. These are scrolling across the screen to make it extra difficult. However, try not to drop Ronny otherwise, or he ends up in a crumpled heap.

The mouse is used for left/right movement and is perfectly implemented for smooth & precise control. Sadly, the graphics aren't exactly 16-bit, more like something I would have drawn! Only the blind will appreciate these pixels! Burger Dream is hideous and repetitive, but I admit it was surprisingly enjoyable.

Download your Big Mac right now!

NIBE

Wiggly Slimy snakes!

NIBE is a Nibbler/Snake game by Marc Bourlon that features an ever-greedy snake chomping its way through lots of apples. This gluttony makes him grow longer with each bite, so it becomes harder to protect him from bumping into walls or even his own tail. You get the idea, so it's our job to help him eat his way through the screens - and many are cruel in their design. You can even change the game's speed (if you dare!!)

The graphics are humble and suit the theme perfectly. I love the title screen, which is a great intro. As there are no sound effects, Mad Max music plays throughout - never a bad thing!! Overall, Nibe is pretty straightforward yet challenging thanks to a sinister design. Stick with it because the basic mechanics are spot-on and Nibe will certainly test your reactions, patience, and concentration, so prepare thyself to be tormented!!

Here are a couple of links for downloads, screenshots, and another game you might enjoy...

Floppy disk downloads appear to be quite rare.

And if you enjoyed Nibe, then try N.o.B.I. - Racing!!

This is a level that looks so easy, but it's completely the opposite!

Oh yeah, I definitely think this is going to be easy. Ask me if I ever completed it...

Breakout

Going noSTalgic

Breakout is an excellent GEM desktop accessory that lets us play the game of brick-busting at any time. I had this installed on my boot drive back in the day and remember marvelling at the multitasking capabilities of my lovely Atari ST computer!! It seemed like black magic, even if ACCs faked that illusion in GEM!

Of course, it works best in a multitasking OS - just use MagiC, MiNT or Geneva!

The game is fun, and it works in all resolutions. However, I doubt anyone will choose this over the magnificent Bolo, which is the best version for the Atari ST. Still, finding this little ACC has made my day once again, 30 years later. So, thank you to whoever developed this - please, get in touch and say hello.

It's time to hit the download button. Erm, link I meant to say. Enjoy this piece of history!!

Holocaust

Kill 'em all!!

Holocaust is an (unreleased) vertically-scrolling shooter developed by Dattrax Software and later given away in ST Format. It's incredibly fast and features lots of enemies, bonuses, and bosses to annihilate! Heck, it has a couple of cool intros and talks out loud, which is something any Currah MicroSpeech fan will adore.

The gameplay is initially very frantic and makes Wings of Death look easy! It's disappointing that we're given only one life (without bonuses). I would have expected at least three to tame this rabid beast!! The graphics might not look ace, but they move at a brisk 50fps, which is ultra-cool. The music is gorgeous!

Brace yourself for a breathtaking shoot 'em up. Only the strong need to apply for this one... sheesh!!