![Lord of the Leg-byes - Cricket Crazy [Amstrad CPC] @HarryYack](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jhTbOlE-ovY/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded December 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Goes on ten minutes too long considering I only demo half the game, but what the heck.
Of all the subjects you could make a text adventure about, cricket is probably the least likely. Thankfully, this game has little to do with the sport, instead focusing on the continuing adventures of the England cricket team circa 1988.
Action centres around events described in Ian 'Ram' Botham's autobiography 'Guano and Gower'. You'll have to watch the video to find out what happens, because the book was pulled by the ECB after only 300 copies were printed. Apparently they don't like players blabbing about top secret operations in Natangaville, Kerguezeland.
The verdict? Favourable, as it happens. It's not too difficult to find your way around, and a very British sense of humour is prevalent to brighten the most boring of situations. Plus there's a walkthrough available on the internet just in case you get confused in all the guano-pilfering action.
I wonder what we had to pick up those tea bags for? Considering why we eventually needed the cigarettes, I'd suggest they may be to feed a hungry shark with a taste for Earl Grey.
Goes on ten minutes too long considering I only demo half the game, but what the heck.
Of all the subjects you could make a text adventure about, cricket is probably the least likely. Thankfully, this game has little to do with the sport, instead focusing on the continuing adventures of the England cricket team circa 1988.
Action centres around events described in Ian 'Ram' Botham's autobiography 'Guano and Gower'. You'll have to watch the video to find out what happens, because the book was pulled by the ECB after only 300 copies were printed. Apparently they don't like players blabbing about top secret operations in Natangaville, Kerguezeland.
The verdict? Favourable, as it happens. It's not too difficult to find your way around, and a very British sense of humour is prevalent to brighten the most boring of situations. Plus there's a walkthrough available on the internet just in case you get confused in all the guano-pilfering action.
I wonder what we had to pick up those tea bags for? Considering why we eventually needed the cigarettes, I'd suggest they may be to feed a hungry shark with a taste for Earl Grey.
![Lord of the Leg-byes - Cricket Crazy [Amstrad CPC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jhTbOlE-ovY/mqdefault.jpg "Lord of the Leg-byes - Cricket Crazy [Amstrad CPC]
Goes on ten minutes too long considering I only demo half the game, but what the heck.
Of all the subjects you could make a text adventure about, cricket is probably the least likely. Thankfully, this game has little to do with the sport, instead focusing on the continuing adventures of the England cricket team circa 1988.
Action centres around events described in Ian Ram Bothams autobiography Guano and Gower. Youll have to watch the video to find out what happens, because the book was pulled by the ECB after only 300 copies were printed. Apparently they dont like players blabbing about top secret operations in Natangaville, Kerguezeland.
The verdict? Favourable, as it happens. Its not too difficult to find your way around, and a very British sense of humour is prevalent to brighten the most boring of situations. Plus theres a walkthrough available on the internet just in case you get confused in all the guano-pilfering action.
I wonder what we had to pick up those tea bags for? Considering why we eventually needed the cigarettes, Id suggest they may be to feed a hungry shark with a taste for Earl Grey.")
![Virtuality 1000CS Virtual Reality machine [1992] with Dactyl Nightmare - Play Expo Manchester 2014](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jqO-S4Bxoh8/mqdefault.jpg "Virtuality 1000CS Virtual Reality machine [1992] with Dactyl Nightmare - Play Expo Manchester 2014
Hey, remember that virtual reality thing from season 2 of GamesMaster? Enthusiast Simon Marston has bought and restored not one, but TWO of them! The one in this video was donated to the Retro Computer Museum for the benefit of lucky expo visitors.
In this video, Simon gives us a brief rundown of the game while other people laugh at how silly their mates look in the pods.
Also, note that the machine cost 35 grand new! Wow.
http://cressall-pr.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/never-say-game-over.html
http://www.retro-vr.co.uk/test/1000CS.html")
![Pokemon Green [Game Boy] - Pokeman vs. Wild & Collins Engrish Dictionary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/klOkblD46Oo/mqdefault.jpg "Pokemon Green [Game Boy] - Pokeman vs. Wild & Collins Engrish Dictionary
Presented by Bear Fools. Come, hace a try!")
![Call that a mow-job? Advanced Lawnmower Simulator [Amstrad CPC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mV3h8T7XGd8/mqdefault.jpg "Call that a mow-job? Advanced Lawnmower Simulator [Amstrad CPC]
After Collies definitive review of the Speccys Advanced Lawnmower Simulator (AKA Advanced Lawnmowing Simulator, or just Lawnmower Simulator), I promised myself I wouldnt make any more videos of the game. But when I discovered an Amstrad version, I couldnt *not* give it a go!
Its a fairly faithful port, this. I find it just as hard as ever to earn that most coveted of video game rewards: the corned beef sandwich, and you can still get exploded by leaving your malfunctioning mower out in the rain. Blooming budget brands - thats the last time I do my electronics shopping at PoundSava.")
![The Galactic Pizza [Amstrad CPC] (Galactic Plague)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n29UJDWeVuc/mqdefault.jpg "The Galactic Pizza [Amstrad CPC] (Galactic Plague)
Often dubbed the Worst Amstrad CPC Game of All Time, but should really be the Hardest CPC Game of All Time. After all, it *was* made by Indescomp, a company notorious for their difficult Amstrad CPC titles. Though to be fair, they did get that reputation from The Galactic Plague. Are you getting the message yet?
Apparently terribleness is a real word. Oh, and I swear I dont wish to make a catchphrase of this is quite advanced for the Amstrad CPC...
http://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/the_galactic_plague.htm")
![World Cup Italia 90 [Mega Drive] (Part 1/3) | Bog Standard Walkthroughs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nAB-Ccem5Q0/mqdefault.jpg "World Cup Italia 90 [Mega Drive] (Part 1/3) | Bog Standard Walkthroughs
Bog Standard Walkthrough recorded Christmas 2014. Yep, it takes me a year to get stuff edited these days!
Please excuse the iffy enunciation in parts - this series was recorded quite late at night...")
![The Dentist (Plaque Attack) on TV Boy II [Atari 2600 clone]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oTfscVeHLVs/mqdefault.jpg "The Dentist (Plaque Attack) on TV Boy II [Atari 2600 clone]
Welcome to Plaque Attack, a dentist simulator in the form of an Atari space shooter. Your ship, a miniature tube of toothpaste, is tasked with defending a giants mouth from the advances of floating aliens resembling burgers, ice cream cones and... cassettes with hair?
A relatively simple challenge at first, it all gets rather frantic as the mutant doughnuts and candy canes flying at you from all directions become increasingly slippery. One must utilise all ones super-sharp Atari joystick reactions to eliminate all threats before the monsters teeth are rotted to mere stumps to leave him quite literally toothless. Presumably the giant then swallows your ship in a fit of rage before purchasing a new set of gnashers and allowing you to do it all again with a new tube of toothpaste.
You can earn yourself extra teeth, to be surgically implanted in a matter of milliseconds, every couple of thousand points to extend your game just that bit longer so you can experience the thrill of evil sandwiches and Glacé cherries being flung at you in Space Invader-esque fashion.
Not quite as fun as Fast Food, a similarly food-related title on the TV Boy, but certainly a novel little idea that at least *attempts* to deviate from the usual Aliens From Planet X Atari fare. Except it doesnt really, because replace the tooth sprites with buildings and its just like War of the Worlds. The sound effects are pretty stock, and not really reflective of squirting toothpaste or exploding Christmas puddings, which is a bit of a pity. Nevertheless, it earns Brownie points for fighting a noble cause against the serial (cereal?) killer that is tooth decay.")
