Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Unknown
Rating : 4
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: It's based on Space Invaders, but something a little bit different. There is no mass of aliens to shoot, instead they scroll left to right across the screen instead, wrapping around at the edges. And you have to shoot them dead on target, otherwise they seem to "sidestep" out of the way and hold still. Tricky yet repetitive all the same.
Amazing Maze
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Unknown
Rating : 5
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: Very much like a game of MicroMaze, you have to find the exit from the centre of the maze. The computer AI works on the same principle of always taking the same direction turn until it can get no further and then turns back.
Bug Crusher
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Peter Nissley
Rating : 5
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: A mildly entertaining game to say the least. You have to collect bugs with your ship, whilst avoiding the barriers scrolling across the screen, and the two alien ships out to stop you. Think Frogger crossed with Pacman. The usual standard from this company now!
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Unknown
Rating : 2
Rarity : Rare
Comments: Possible the worst game I have ever played on the C64. A mediocre Space Invaders clone at best, coded in Basic, and the addition of a 2-player simulataneous option is the only reason it doesn't score a 1.
Dot Gobbler
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Unknown
Rating : 6
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: You can probably guess this game is Pacman by some other moniker. Except you can choose the speed at which you wish to play, making it harder or easier throughout. There are even two different versions of the game made, each with a different maze layout, but there is the same dot and powerpill gobbling as usual.
Mario's Brewery
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Jeremy Thorne
Rating : 4
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: You see a pattern in this company's game releases, they are based upon other successful genres of the day. This one tries to be Donkey Kong, but falls very flat. The main sprite isn't even animated, that's how bad it actually is! Still you get some sadistic pleasure from trying to beat it, and it is quite a challenge to complete at least.
Space Ric-o-shay
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Unknown
Rating : 5
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: Well it could hardly be worse than some of their other products listed in this document. It isn't, but that isn't saying much in itself! It plays a bit like Pang, in that you shoot the falling objects which then split into four parts which require destruction. And so it goes on and on until you die 5 times.
Tank Wars
Company : Mr Computer Products
Year : 1983
Author : Unknown
Rating : 5
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: A variation on the old Atari VCS Combat cartridge. Control your tank around the maze, avoiding fire and shooting the enemy tank. Fine in principle but sadly the original actually had more features than this game, one main option being to have bouncing bullets. The graphics are rather basic looking with a crudely animated tank, and the music is dreadful. Still it scores marks for being a slightly addictive 2 player challenge.
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