Martin Ward - Games Developer

Martin Ward has 40 years experience of developing and designing top-performing computer games. His portfolio includes games from the era of the ZX Spectrum right through to today's high-tech online games and multi-screen casino machines.

Martin instills an attention to detail in his work that gives his games long-lasting playabilty. He has a deep knowledge of a wide variety of game platforms and programming languages, and is a proficient graphic artist.

Favourite Online Game

Birdz is a novel cascading reels game with a 6-step bonus trail, designed to keep the cascades flowing. Each winning cascade increases the trail position by one. Then, on a losing cascade, the bonus on the current trail position is activated. If the bonus results in a win, the game continues. The game ends only when a spin or a cascade results in no winning lines with the trail position at zero.

Featured Game

A screen shot from one of Martin's online games.

Golden Oldie

A blast from the past from Martin's extensive games portolio.

Reviews

Buggy Boy - ST Action - June 1988

All of the basic addictiveness of its arcade parent is here, along with its large, bold and colourful graphics. The buggy is superbly animated and its trundles, leans and bounces are a joy to watch.

Buggy Boy - ZZap64 - October 1988

A very addictive conversion with highly addictive qualities. A must have for fans of the racing genre.

Buggy Boy - Retro Gamer - February 2024

The closest to the coin-op in overall look and feel was the Atari ST version.

Live and Let Die - ST Amiga Format - January 1989

This is an impressive action game. With lightning speeds and realistic rocks, mines and other obstacles the game soon becomes an addiction you'll not want to give up.

Paperboy - The One - September 1989

This is an almost flawless conversion in virtually every aspect.

Pheenix - Home Computer Weekly - 11 October 1983

Superb presentation, graphics and sound. Highly recommended.

Pheenix - Crash magazine - April 1984

One of the classics.

Retro Gamer - Load 256 - Ultimate Guide: Buggy Boy