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Blasteroids
Title Screen
Image Works 1989
Genre: Action
Rating: 3/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga
Blasteroids, along with Phobia and Spidertronic, was one of the first three original games I owned. Ironically enough, I owned it before I even got an Amiga. Oh well - looking at a box cover can be fun, too.

Blood 2
Title Screen
Silverfox 2003
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64
Weeeh :))

Some of you older guys may remember the...ahem, good old days of the highschool. Parties&stuff. Nostalgic smile already? Oh, come on, you can't tell me you never, but *never* had a C64 at a party. Nah, I still don't believe your. Truth is, C64s are pretty exotic these days...my CBM gets more attention than me at my parties - though the bastard doesn't get half as many kisses >:).

BMX Simulator
Title Screen
Codemasters 1986
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64
I'm a sadistical person. No, really. I had a cat and a girlfriend until three days ago. But my girlfriend fled when she saw how I tortured the poor feline.

Of course I'm kidding (actually, I don't have a girlfriend), *but* I'm sadistical enough to enjoy breaking my bones on bycicle.

Border Zone
Title Screen
Infocom 1987
Genre: Adventure
Rating: 5/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
Border Zone is another of Infocom's IF masterpieces. That means it uses the greatest parser ever made. But that alone doesn't make a great game!
There are other things that cause this. First the plot. It is a spy thriller. With microfilms, evil agents, an assassination and all the other cool features you know from these old movies. Only that YOU are involved this time!

Boxing
Title Screen
Activision 1983
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 3/6
Language: -
Licence: Commercial
System: Atari 2600
Boxing. I can hardly think of a less interesting 'sport'. Two sweaty fat guys beating each other up. Or actually not, because most of the time, they seem to be hugging each other anyway. No, really, I fail to see the fascination. WHY IS HE REVIEWING A BOXING GAME, THEN? Well, I've also had a lot of fun with racing games, and I wouldn't be caught dead near a real racing track. As so often, virtual reality and real reality are two pair of shoes.

Breakthru in 3D
Title Screen
Avalon Hill 1984
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64
Pong...the game that ate my nights :). Indeed, I had a hard time playing PONG, I even tried to make my own. Some years ago, after playing Elite, I was even more curious to see a Pong game in 3D. After playing Doom, I thought at a first-person Pong.

Brutal Sports Football
Title Screen
Millenium 1993
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga, PC
In contrary to the potential expectations considering the name, Brutal Sports Football does not have very much in common with soccer or football (or even sports). Some elements have been adopted, though. Two teams try to put a ball into the enemy's goal while guarding their own.

Brutal Sports Football (AGA)
Title Screen
Millenium 1994
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 5/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga
In contrary to the potential expectations considering the name, Brutal Sports Football does not have very much in common with soccer or football (or even sports). Some elements have been adopted, though. Two teams try to put a ball into the enemy's goal while guarding their own.

Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom
Title Screen
Sega 1984
Genre: Action
Rating: 2/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
Buck Rogers... when I hear that name I instantly think of this stupid, annoying, just plainly dumb robot-thing... Twiki... Argh! I guess it was supposed to be cute, but well - it's not relevant here anyway. The whole series... comic... movies - everything ist just not important here. The only thing this game has got to do with Buck Rogers at all is just that there is some kind of spacecraft involved and there's a bit of flying around in space. That's just about it.