Everygamegoing Reviews

As well as "classic" reviews from the magazines of yesteryear, Everygamegoing includes original reviews. At the moment, all reviews on the Everygamegoing site are written by Dave E, who writes the Retro Round Up for Micro Mart, and used to run the Electron User Group. The following list shows all of the games Dave E has reviewed. Click the title of the article to go directly to it.

Benny Hill's Madcap Chase 2019 (Highriser)

The 1985 original is upgraded with the famous background music. Dave E concludes it doesn't make much of a difference.

Games Featured:

Benny Hill's Madcap Chase 2019
(Spectrum 128K, Highriser)

Published in EGG #003: Spectrum (2017-04-17)

Stryker's Run: M128 Version (Superior/Acornsoft)

Dave E looks at the first Superior/Acornsoft game that was enhanced for Acornsoft's new BBC Master 128.

Games Featured:

Stryker's Run
(BBC B/B+/Master 128, Superior/Acornsoft)

Published in EGG #008: BBC Micro (2017-04-17)

Popeye (Gabriele Amore)

There are good conversions of arcade coin-ops, there are bad conversions of arcade coin-ops, and then there's this, something that's in a league of its own.

Games Featured:

Popeye
(Spectrum 48K/128K, Gabriele Amore)

Published in EGG #003: Spectrum (2017-04-17)

Popeye (Beamrider)

Games Featured:

Popeye
(Commodore Vic 20, Beamrider)

Published in EGG #015: Vic 20 (2018-08-26)

Tourmaline (RetroSouls)

A brilliant new take on the BoulderDash format.

Games Featured:

Tourmaline
(Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+3, RetroSouls)

Tourmaline
(Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+3, Bum Fun)

Published in EGG #003: Spectrum (2017-04-17)

Palace Of Magic 2016 (Everygamegoing)

Some ten years in the making, Palace Of Magic 2016 is the full BBC Micro version of the game on the Acorn Electron.

Games Featured:

Palace Of Magic 2016
(Acorn Electron, Every Game Going)

Published in EGG #013: Acorn Electron (2018-08-26)

Jewel Warehouse (Ego-trip)

A fresh, colourful, standard platformer for the Amstrad CPC left Dave E with little to criticise.

Games Featured:

Jewel Warehouse
(Amstrad CPC464, Ego-trip)

Published in EGG #004: Amstrad (2017-04-17)

Gluf (Retrosouls)

Dave E checks out a new game from Retrosouls

Games Featured:

Gluf
(Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+3, RetroSouls)

Published in EGG #003: Spectrum (2017-04-17)

Thimbleweed Park (Limited Run/Lucasfilm)

Lucasarts, kings of the point and click adventure, are back with Thimbleweed Park. But from a promising start, Dave E grew slowly more despondent as he played it...

Games Featured: