Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1984
Author : Dale Disharoon
Rating : 5
Rarity : Uncommon
Comments: Make your own adventure. Of sorts. Let the computer design one, or you can build your own. Wander round the mazes, fighting creatures, collecting treasure and surviving, that's the name of the game. Not bad for a play every now and again.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1984
Author : Joyce Hakansson
Rating : 6
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: This is a fun little game where you must sail your ship from Athens across the Aegean sea and discover new islands to pillage. Some contain monsters that will sink your ship however, and it seems half the fun is in guessing which islands yield prizes or enemies. Nice graphics if a little blocky, and tuneful music complement the searching.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1984
Author : Joyce Hakansson
Rating : 4
Rarity : Common
Comments: A rather simple, basic avoiding game for children to play. Control Alf through the various coloured pipes, avoiding the nasties (only visible by their eyes) to reach the bottom of the screen. Nothing really taxing to be done, though the graphics are big and colourful and would attract a child's attention easily.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Dale Disharoon
Rating : 4
Rarity : Common
Comments: A game to teach your child the alphabet and recognising the similarity between objects and letters. As per so many of these, they look so old and out-dated in modern light, but were probably seen as cutting edge back then.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1984
Author : Joyce Hakansson
Rating : 6
Rarity : Uncommon
Comments: This is a game more aimed at the younger player now. It plays in the style of Missile Command, funny flying things are swooping down to steal soap bubbles and you must direct shots with a cursor to capture them. An interesting little program.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Computer Access Corporation/Ediciel
Rating : 6
Rarity : Scarce
Comments: A French regionalised version of "Delta Drawing". The title literally translates as "ladybird".
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Ken Madell
Rating : 6
Rarity : Uncommon
Comments: Looks rather simple on the outside, but actually is rather a fun, yet unchallenging game that everyone could play. Based on the rules of "Life", you must get your colony of cells to grow more than your opponent within the time allowed. You can play fair, or play dirty, it is up to you!
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Computer Access Corporation
Rating : 6
Rarity : Uncommon
Comments: A very detailed, highly adaptive and comprehensive drawing package for kids. Despite its nature, it is very easy to learn all the commands and can produce some quite neat pictures. Works very much like Logo, only better, with the ability to colour in and paint the canvas also.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Designware
Rating : 3
Rarity : Common
Comments: A cartridge designed to let children build and animate faces on screen with a variety of different parts. Graphics and sound are pretty basic to say the least, and I can't see this would have kept a child occupied for much length of time, let along myself!
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Tom Snyder
Rating : 4
Rarity : Common
Comments: Control your pogostick over the fraction plains, punching out incorrect fractions and going up to higher levels by hitting the correct fraction displayed above. Very simple graphics and sound hide a midly entertaining arcade challenge.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Joyce Hakansson
Rating : 7
Rarity : Common
Comments: This is an interesting little dance game where you must control the feet to move over the flashing disco light squares. However you must avoid stepping on the same square too many times otherwise it is game over. More of a puzzle game aimed towards children, this is a good game in its own right for adults.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Frieda Lekkerkerker
Rating : 5
Rarity : Common
Comments: Another typing game this time from Spinnaker. No flashy graphics like "Wizard of Id" however. Different games provide different challenges trying to get your fingers round the keyboard.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Doug Davis
Rating : 3
Rarity : Common
Comments: Some basic learning tools for children to, well learn from I guess. Hardly any notable graphics to speak of, mainly being words and simple sprites on screen. Slightly more entertaining than other Spinnaker products perhaps, but this is designed for very young children only.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1984
Author : Joyce Hakansson
Rating : 5
Rarity : Uncommon
Comments: Does exactly what it says on the box. Allows you to build your own ranch, animate it, act out stories and the such like, all to a somewhat authentic Western style music track. Hard work to achieve visible results, but worth it in the end perhaps.
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Designware
Rating : 4
Rarity : Common
Comments: A simple story program to let children use a small part of their imagination and watch the computer act out their commands. Basic graphics and sound, but colourful enough to keep them watching. And you even try eating the cat (pussy?!) if you so desire...
Company : Spinnaker
Year : 1983
Author : Ken Madell
Rating : 6
Rarity : Common
Comments: Although aimed at children, this could appeal to family members of all ages seeing as it can be 4 players at once. Plays much like Scrabble, grab the letters off the spinning cubes and use them to form words om a grid. After 4 quarters of competing and manipulation, you add up the scores. Not a bad little game in all.
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