Oct 16th

Top Speed 2

By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)

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PC - Playing in the dark

Top Speed 2 is an audio only racing game. The controls are simple: left/right cursor keys = steer left and right, up cursor = accelerate and down cursor = brake. You are given directions by a co-driver, but in addition to these you must listen to the sounds of the cra on the track e.g. hear it moving to the left = steer your car to the left etc...

Top Speed 2 may be found to be quite difficult to initially get to grips with, but take it slow to begin and you'll soon pick up speed.

Oct 15th

GMA Tank Commander

By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
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PC - GMA Games

Using auditory feedback only, you must complete missions radioed into you in your tank.  There are three different levels of difficulty to choose from. The game is produced to a very high level with excellant audio creating an engaging atmosphere. The basic controls are: up cursor key = speed settings for moving forwards e.g. press once for each change: quarter speed, half speed etc... Down = Reverse e.g. slow reverse and fast reverse. Left and right cursors are directional. Numerical keys switch between weapons and space fires the selected weapon.

Oct 8th

VIP Gameszone

By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)

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PC - Igor Khmelevtsov and Alina Khmelevtsov

Specialising in audio sports games, developers VIP Gameszone produce high quality, engaging and fun sound output only versions of tennis, football, bowling and volley ball. In additon to these they also have a couple of strategy games and an action one.

A particular favoutite of mine is Crazy Tennis. Listen for the bounce of the ball move left and right (left and right cursor keys) to centre the sound and hit it back (Ctrl).

Oct 8th

Q9 Action Game

By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
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Instantly engrossing, this beautifully produced game with a sense of humour allows you to battle it out with bears, cheatahs, rhinos etc using just a keen ear and a club.

The basic controls are:
Left/Right cursor keys = Movement left/right
Up cursor key = jump
1 = Club selection
2 = Sling shot selection
Space = use selected weapon
Oct 7th

Universal Tic-Tac-Toe

By Bill (R&D, SpecialEffect)
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PC - Roland Ossmann

Brazillian football teams replace the standard noughts and crosses in this version of Tic-Tac-Toe (or noughts and crosses) which has been adapted to allow for full gameplay without the need for visuals. The cursor keys move the cell selection around with feeback such as "Empty, one, two" for an empty cell, one down and two across. 'Enter' places your piece on the current cell.