Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Game Review 9/27/16 | Exidy Death Race

Name: Death Race
Year: 1976
Designer: Howell Ivy
Interface: Steering Wheels, pedals
Functionality: Turn the steering wheel to orient your car, use the pedal to drive to hit the "goblins." Hit goblins will leave a tombstone which makes the playing field more complicated to navigate.
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Game Review 9/27/16 | Super Bug - Kee Games

Name: Super Bug
Year: 1977
Designer: Howard Delman
Interface: Steering Wheel, 4-position shifter, Pedal
Functionality: turn the steering wheel to turn the car, use the pedal to move forward, use the shifter to change gear
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Game Review 9/14/16 | Atari Pong

Name: Atari Pong
Year: 1972
Designer: Allan Alcom
Interface: one knob per player
Functionality/Gameplay: the knobs move the "paddles" up and down to hit the ball back and forth
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Monday, September 5, 2016

Game Review 9/5/16 | Nim

Name: Nim or NIMROD, based on the physical Nim game. Info below for NIMROD:
Year: 1951
Designer: John Bennett + Raymond Stuart-Williams
Interface/Art: The computer uses lightbulbs to show which pieces are still up
Functionality/Gameplay: It is very simple, but it does exactly what it needs to. It plays just like the physical version would.
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