Got the homebrew itch on Friday night and had a look at these community gems:

Slicks Racing for the Atari 2600 by Lowfuel is a nice take on the Super Sprint games of yore with four single-screen tracks and some simple rules. Race five laps as fast as possible and, if you touch the walls, you slow down. There's no AI cars, so it's just you against the clock, but a second player can join in the fun. I had a few goes and started to get the hang of the turns to keep the car centered and the simple mechanics are enough to drive that one more go feeling.

Super JetPak DX from Asobitech is a Gameboy Color conversion of the ZX Spectrum masterpiece from Ultimate. The graphics have all been re-done and the whole game optimised for the tiny GBC screen. Asobitech recently offered the game for free and, since the original is one of my all time favourites, I thought I'd give it a try. It's great! Tight controls, great graphics and a proven gameplay premise make for an addictive Gameboy blaster.

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The last game I looked at was T:me Salvo for the Atari 7800 by Mike Saarna. It's an adaptation of the 1981 home PC game, Crossfire, from Sierra On-Line Systems (remember them)? It really is a bit of a mash-up and uses Robotron 2084 graphics for its critters but it plays really well and the difficulty ramps up really quickly. The game supports twin stick controls and I think I will try out on my cabinet, with the solid arcade sticks switched to four way mode and see if I can't show these bad guys who's boss!

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