Tag: Wizball
Commodore 64 Reviews

WIZBALL – REVIEW

Chris Wilkins0
Pesky Zark has only gone and done it again, he’s drained Wizworld of colour and left it as a monochrome husk. Now it’s down to the titular hero and his faithful cat to restore it back to radiant glory. Thus begins one of the C64’s quirkiest arcade shooters. Quirky–but also confoundingly hard. Starting out was often a serious drag, and ensured there was much gnashing of teeth from players. The Wizball could
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Dij-a see this 8-bit era book?

Paul Morrison0
Mark R. Jones, who was (predominantly) a graphic artist at games giant Ocean Software in the late 1980s/early 1990s, has written a book about his experiences in the games industry. It's called "LOAD DIJ DIJ", with the unusual name coming from the act and sounds of loading a ZX Spectrum game. Spanning 253 pages, it's an excellent, and very personal behind the scenes look at one of the biggest early
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