Achy breaky Menace

I scrutinise Guru Larry Jnr's allegation that the licensed Amiga platform game, Dennis the Menace, was deliberately rendered unbeatable to cover-up the fact (?) that it was released unfinished. In a separate article found elsewhere on my blog, you'll find an interview I conducted with the game's coder, former Ocean Software developer Ben Walshaw, to establish if there is any truth to the rumour.

download ebook in epub format

Read More

Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, fix Robocop

I investigate Guru Larry Jnr's claim that Ocean attempted to cover-up a graphically distorted level of RoboCop for the Commodore 64 by setting an unbeatably stingy time limit in the preceding stage. All because they couldn't be bothered, or didn't have the time, to fix the issue prior to release.

download ebook in epub format

Read More

Revisiting Dennis with former Ocean artist, John Lomax

To investigate if there is any truth to the rumour that Ocean's Dennis the Menace Amiga/SNES licensed platformer was deliberately sabotaged to cover up its unfinished status, I contacted one of the artists who worked on it. With that myth neatly dispelled, we discussed his contribution to the game and its critical reception amongst gamers and journalists.

download ebook in ebub format

Read More