Cassette 50
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| Cassette 50 | |
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| Developer(s) | various |
| Publisher(s) | Cascade Games Ltd |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum |
| Release date | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | N/A |
| Media | Cassette |
| Input methods | keyboard, joystick |
Cassette 50 (in Spain released as "Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos") was a compilation of games published by Cascade Games Ltd. It sold for £9.95 and came with a Timex digital calculator watch.
According to the instructions, "the games will provide many hours of entertainment for all the family at a fraction of the cost of other computer games".[1]
In an interview, Matthew Lewis, the author of Galaxy Defence, said he wrote the game when he was 14 and submitted it in response to a small, anonymous ad in a local newspaper. He was paid £10 for his game, but he had to give up all rights to it. Galaxy Defence took 12 hours to code and the graphics were done by his dad, Ernest Lewis.
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The games, almost without exception written in BASIC, were deemed to be of poor quality. They have been described as "so bad it caused physical discomfort",[2] "beyond awful",[3] and "a piece of crap collection".[4] The poor quality of the games inspired the annual Crap Games Competitions and a site reviewing bad games.[5][6]
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