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Snapper for BBC Micro like PacMan
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Snapper retro game review for the BBC Micro

Byrolyretroadmin July 13, 2024June 9, 2025

Acornsoft’s Classic PacMan Clone Snapper was one of the many quality arcade conversions that Acornsoft created for the BBC Micro, being a very faithful example of Pac Man. Anyone who remembers the early 80’s will have experience of Pac Man clones on every platform, many of them pitifully poor (yes Atari 2600 I’m talking about…

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Xevious Arcade Namco Screen
Arcade Games

Xevious by Namco – Classic Arcade Game Review

Byrolyretroadmin October 9, 2012June 14, 2025

Was Xevious the original vertical scrolling shooter? Some games conjure up very vivid memories – where you first played it, the feel of the controls, the sounds and graphics forever burned into your mind. Xevious was one of my earliest arcade game memories, not the first I played but one of the first that I…

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Galaga by Namco – Retro Arcade Review

Byrolyretroadmin May 31, 2012June 14, 2025

Namco’s classic vertical space shooter At the time of writing, summer is here, and I am reminded of hot days spent in the arcades in Southen-on-Sea playing games like space shooter Galaga.  In the early 80’s my holidays would be spent camping with my family, and many of the campsites we visited would have a…

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Time Crisis title screen
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Time Crisis retro arcade review

Byrolyretroadmin August 18, 2011September 7, 2014

In the same way that Operation Wolf blew away the arcade competition with it’s 2D light gun game in 1987, Time Crisis did the same but in full 3D in 1996. Released after Virtua Cop, the first real 3D light gun game, Time Crisis featured vastly superior graphics, an engaging storyline and a killer feature…

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  • Arcade Games
  • Old Computers
    • BBC Micro
    • ZX Spectrum
    • ZX81
  • Consoles
    • Atari 2600
    • Dreamcast
    • Megadrive
    • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
    • Nintendo 64
    • Playstation 1
    • Super Nintendo
  • Handhelds
    • Bambino
    • Bandai
    • Coleco
    • Game and Watch
    • Gameboy
    • Grandstand
    • IOS
    • Mattel
  • Projects
  • Retro Game Store Locator