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.

## References
## Other websites
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* *Cassette 50* ZX81 Collection entry with the original inlay scan and program listing. The game can be played on the website using an emulator.