Cassette 50

***Cassette 50*** (***Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos*** in Spain) is a video game compilation created by Cascade Games Ltd in 1983. Its 50 games were almost always written in BASIC.

It was advertised a lot in home computer magazines. It came with a free Timex digital calculator watch.

The instructions say "the games will provide many hours of entertainment for all the family at a fraction of the cost of other computer games".

In an interview, Matthew Lewis said he wrote _Galaxy Defence_ in 12 hours at the age of 14. He sent it after seeing a small, anonymous ad in a local newspaper, losing the game's copyright and getting £10. His father, Ernest, drew the graphics.

## Games

Only some games are on all platforms (e.g. _Star Trek_ and _Maze Eater_). Some games are ports or clones of older or popular games (e.g. _Lunar Lander_). Some games are made by independent developers. Some games with the same name between platforms are a different game. Some games have problems that make them harder to play.

### Acorn Electron / Commodore 64 / Dragon 32 / Oric-1 / Oric Atmos / ZX81

- _Attacker_
- _Barrel Jump_
- _Black Hole_
- _Boggles_
- _Cannonball Battle_
- _Derby Dash_
- _Do Your Sums_
- _Dynamite_
- _Exchange_
- _Force Field_
- _Galactic Attack_
- _Galactic Dog Fight_
- _Ghosts_
- _Hangman_
- _High Rise_
- _Inferno_
- _Intruder_

- _Ivasive Action_
- _Jet Flight_
- _Jet Mobile_
- _Lunar Landing_
- _Maze Eater_
- _Motorway_
- _Nim_
- _Noughts and Crosses_
- _Old Bones_
- _Orbitter_
- _Overtake_
- _Parachute_
- _Phaser_
- _Planets_
- _Plasma Bolt_
- _Pontoon_
- _Psion Attack_

- _Radar Landing_
- _Rats_
- _Rocket Launch_
- _Sitting Target_
- _Ski Jump_
- _Smash the Windows_
- _Space Mission_
- _Space Search_
- _Space Ship_
- _Star Trek_
- _Submarines_
- _Tanker_
- _The Force_
- _Thin Ice_
- _Tunnel Escape_
- _Universe_

_Exchange_ and _The Force_ are not in the Acorn Electron version, but are listed on the inlay. The Dragon 32 version was released again with some updated games. The C64 version of _Tunnel Escape_ is named "_Escape or Bust_" in-game.

### Amstrad CPC

- _3-D Maze_
- _Attacker_
- _Backgammon_
- _Colony-9_
- _Craps_
- _Creepy Crawley_
- _Cylons_
- _Day at the Races_
- _Dragona Maze_
- _Draughts_
- _Dungeon Adventure_
- _Dynamite_
- _Evasive Action_
- _Exchange_
- _Fantasy Land_
- _Fighter Command_
- _Fireman Rescue_

- _Ghosts_
- _Handicap Golf_
- _Hangman_
- _High Rise_
- _Hopping Herbert_
- _Inferno_
- _Intruder_
- _Jet Flight_
- _Lunar Lander_
- _Maze Eater_
- _Motorway_
- _Nemesis IV_
- _Noughts & Crosses_
- _Planets_
- _Play Your Cards Right_
- _Pontoon Bet_
- _Rally 3000_

- _Rats_
- _Rush Hour Attack_
- _Royal Rescue_
- _Sitting Target_
- _Solit_
- _Space Base_
- _Space Mission_
- _Space Pod Rescue_
- _Space Ship_
- _Star Trek_
- _The Kings Orb_
- _Three Card Brag_
- _Timebomb_
- _Trucking_
- _Whirly_
- _Yamzee_

### Atari

- _Attacker_
- _Baby Chase!_
- _Barrel Jump!_
- _Black Hole_
- _Boggles_
- _Cannon Ball Battle_
- _Derby Dash_
- _Defend the Fortress_
- _Do Your Sums_
- _Dynamite_
- _Exchange_
- _Galactic Attack_
- _Ghosts_
- _Hangman_
- _High Rise_
- _Inferno!_
- _Intruder!_

- _Ivasive Action_
- _Jet Fighter_
- _Jetmobile_
- _Lunar Landing_
- _Maze Eater_
- _Motorway_
- _Nim_
- _Noughts and Crosses_
- _Old Bones_
- _Orbitter_
- _Overtake_
- _Parachute_
- _Phaser_
- _Planets_
- _Plasma Bolt_
- _Pontoon_
- _Zion Attack_

- _Rabbit Raid_
- _Radar Lander_
- _Rats_
- _Rocket Launch_
- _Sea Alert_
- _Sitting Target_
- _Ski Jump_
- _Smash the Windows_
- _Space Mission_
- _Space Search_
- _Space Ship_
- _Star Trek_
- _Tanker_
- _The Force_
- _Tunnel Escape_
- _Universe_

### BBC Micro

- _Attacker_
- _Barrel Jump_
- _Black Hole_
- _Boggles_
- _Cannon Ball_
- _Derby Dash_
- _Dice Thrower_
- _Dynamite_
- _Exchange_
- _Force Field_
- _Galactic Attack_
- _Galactic Dogfight_
- _Ghosts_
- _Hangman_
- _High Rise_
- _Inferno_
- _Intruder_

- _Ivasive Action_
- _Jet Flight_
- _Jet Mobile_
- _Lunar Landing_
- _Maze Eater_
- _Motorway_
- _Nim_
- _Noughts and Crosses_
- _Old Bones_
- _Orbitter_
- _Overtake_
- _Parachute_
- _Phaser_
- _Planets_
- _Plasma Bolt_
- _Pontoon_
- _Psion Attack_

- _Radar Landing_
- _Rats_
- _Rocket Launch_
- _Sitting Target_
- _Ski Jump_
- _Smash the Windows_
- _Space Mission_
- _Space Search_
- _Space Ship_
- _Star Trek_
- _Submarines_
- _Tanker_
- _The Force_
- _Thin Ice_
- _Tunnel Escape_
- _Universe_

The inlay names _Dice Thrower_ "_Do Your Sums_".

### Vic-20

- _Balloon Dodger_
- _Bank Raid_
- _Bomber_
- _Cupid's Arrow_
- _Derby Dash_
- _Do Your Sums_
- _Dustman Dan_
- _Exchange_
- _Flesh Eaters_
- _Force Field_
- _Galactic Dogfight_
- _Golf_
- _Grid Racer_
- _Hangman_
- _Houses_
- _Intruder_
- _Jet Flight_

- _Jet Mobile_
- _Knight Out_
- _Krazy_
- _Lite Bikes_
- _Lunar Lander_
- _Maze Eater_
- _Meteoroids_
- _Minotaur's Treasure_
- _Mole Hole_
- _Motorway_
- _Nim_
- _Noughts & Crosses_
- _One Armed Bandit_
- _Orbitter_
- _PanAttack_
- _Planetoids_
- _Plasma Bolt_

- _Pontoon_
- _Radar Landing_
- _Sentinel-1_
- _Ski Run_
- _Skull Castle_
- _Soccer_
- _Space Search_
- _Spaceship_
- _Star Falls_
- _Star Trek_
- _Submarines_
- _Super Hi-Low_
- _Super Vaders_
- _Thin Ice_
- _Three Card Brag_
- _Turtle Bridge_

### ZX Spectrum

- _Alien_ #27
- _Alien Attack_ #10
- _Attacker_ #49
- _Barrel Jump_ #48
- _Basketball_ #3
- _Blitz_ #42
- _Boggles_ #9
- _Bowls_ #33
- _Breakout_ #5
- _Cargo_ #28
- _Cars_ #22
- _Cavern_ #25
- _Crusher_ #6
- _Cypher_ #46
- _Dragon's Gold_ #36
- _Field_ #35
- _Fishing Mission_ #43

- _Frogger_ #4
- _Galaxy Defence_ #45
- _Inferno_ #38
- _Jet Mobile_ #47
- _Labyrinth_ #15
- _Laser_ #26
- _Lunar Lander_ #11
- _Martian Knock Out_ #8
- _Mazer Eater_ #12
- _Microtrap_ #13
- _Motorway_ #14
- _Munch_ #32
- _Muncher_ #1
- _Mystical Diamonds_ #44
- _Nim_ #39
- _Orbit_ #31
- _Pinball_ #24

- _Race Track_ #17
- _Raiders_ #34
- _Sketch Pad_ #41
- _Ski Jump_ #2
- _Ski Run_ #18
- _Skittles_ #16
- _Solar Ship_ #20
- _Space Mission_ #50
- _Space Search_ #37
- _Star Trek_ #7
- _Stomper_ #23
- _Tanks_ #19
- _Ten Pins_ #21
- _The Race_ #29
- _The Skull_ #30
- _Voyager_ #40

The number with the '#' symbol shows where the game is on the tape.

The booklet names 'Star Trek' 'Startrek' and 'Jet Mobile' 'Jetmobile'.

## Reception

The games are very bad. Cassette 50 inspired the yearly Crap Games Competitions (e.g. the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition and the C64 Crap Game Compo) and a now-defunct website that reviewed bad games.

## Other websites

- _Cassette 50_ ZX81 Collection entry with the original inlay scan and program listing. The game can be played on the website using an emulator.

## Infobox (video game)

- **title**: Cassette 50
- **caption**: Cover for the Acorn Electron version.
- **developer**: Various
- **publisher**: Cascade Games Ltd
- **released**: 1983 in video gaming, 1983
- **genre**: Various
- **modes**: Single-player video game, Single-player
- **platforms**: Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II series, Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, Oric#Oric-1, Oric 1, Oric#Oric Atmos, Oric Atmos, Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20, ZX81, ZX Spectrum