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".Cassette 50 inlay text

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.Cassette 50: the interview | pixeltron

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.Rewind Issue 1: Cassette 50 III Blitz 50 TIGSource: Somewhere Beyond Cassette 50 Cassette 50 inspired the yearly Crap Games Competitions (e.g. the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games CompetitionThe CSS Crap Games Competition and the C64 Crap Game CompoC64 Crap Game Compo 2005) and a now-defunct website that reviewed bad games.Collection of links to Internet Archive for now-defunct site Somewhere beyond Cassette 50 

References

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.

Category:1983 video games
Category:Amstrad CPC games
Category:Apple II games
Category:Commodore 64 games