The Perils of Willy is a cut-down VIC-20 version of Manic Miner. The premise is that Willy is returning home from the party and while walking through the park he needs to skip lightly over the ducks and catch notes of music that seem to hang in the air. It includes 33 levels of platforming were pixel perfect jumps will …

Dodo Lair is a game that borrows heavily from Defender, but also has it's own gameplay mechanic. The idea is to stop the purple aliens reaching the right edge of the screen. There are also barricades that build up and you must shoot them or avoid running into them

In this game, players navigate their spaceship around a single level where eight yellow eggs are stored. These eggs release several creatures, and it is the player's task to crush them with an egg scattered around the level. Once the egg is used, another one reappears on a different platform than the last one. The player proceeds to the next …

Cyril the Squirrel is due to start hibernating but has yet to collect and store all the nuts he needs to get through the winter. You play as Cyril in this platform game where the screen scrolls in both left and right directions when you move. The game is spread over eight levels and you must collect all the nuts …

Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier is a platform game released in 1985 by Software Projects for a variety of 8-bit home computers. It was the only official sequel to Jet Set Willy, one of the most successful and popular home computer games ever released. Officially, Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier is the last of the Miner …

The Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in Los Angeles in 1984 and for the first time since the advent of the video game industry, this king of sporting competitions was to be held in a first-world nation. In simpler times, this might have inspired people to head out to a track or gymnasium to try their stuff, but …

Harvey Smith Showjumper allows you to compete on your own or against five other players to get the best time on 12 courses which are selected and competed on individually. After selecting your course which a map is shown on the title screen, you view part of the arena with the course, from the side at an elevated angle and …

Ten power flowers have been stolen and hidden in a set of caves. As the gardener in charge, it is the player's job to get them back. Players take control of the gardener, who sits in a flying chair, and must guide him through the mazy caves which are seen from a side-scrolling perspective. Colliding with the walls of the …

Dinky Doo is a single screen game viewed from above where you are in a nightmare due to a cheese sandwich you had eaten before bed, even though your Mother said not to. The only way out of this bad dream is to complete various levels to reach the safety of your Mother's room by collecting your hot milk on …

You are Nathan Wigglesworth, Flyer Supreme in this single screen game viewed from the side, and you are the pilot of a hot-air balloon who has to navigate around the screen to get to an exit over 26 levels. With your co-pilot, T.C. Barton you must avoid touching the walls and other objects that will cause your balloon to burst …