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Prince of Persia

Publisher: Brøderbund

Release Year: 1990 (31 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad

Legendary Status:

Outstanding character animation makes this game an unbridled classic for the CPC

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Game Review 👁 487 🗪 0

Winter Games

Publisher: Epyx / US Gold

Release Year: 1985 (36 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

Another epicly polished game from US Gold with great attention to detail

Game Review 👁 380 🗪 0

Rolling Thunder

Publisher: Namco / US Gold

Release Year: 1987 (34 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

A massive arcade hit that translated well onto the 8-bits

Game Review 👁 380 🗪 0

Bruce Lee

Publisher: Datasoft / US Gold

Release Year: 1984 (37 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, BBC Micro, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

An undeniably classic platformer that's as legendary as the man himself

Game Review 👁 529 🗪 1

Raid Over Moscow

Publisher: Access Software / US Gold

Release Year: 1984 (37 years old)

Platforms: Amstrad, BBC Micro, Commodore, ZX Spectrum

Legendary Status:

One of US Gold's trickiest, but entertaining, games of the eighties

Game Review 👁 389 🗪 1

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Pixel8Games.com contains a collection of retrospective reviews and comparisons of 8-bit games for the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.

My reviews are often as reflective about the time as they are about the game, so expect some waffle! I've also selected a hand-picked song clip coming from the same year as the review to get you into that retro feeling.

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Amstrad CPC

The CPC464 had a Spanish cousin called the CPC472.

It included an extra 8k of fake RAM to avoid Spanish tax laws.

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The CPC464 had a Spanish cousin called the CPC472.

It included an extra 8k of fake RAM to avoid Spanish tax laws.

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