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- Grandad and the Quest for the Holey Vest - on PD 441
- (Graphic adventure for 1 meg ST)
-
- Reviewed by Frederick Darlington
-
- Grandad is a game written in STOS basic. In the game you play the
- part of a grumpy old gentleman who spends his time pottering
- around the house in his wheelchair. The problem is that Grandad
- has a habit of hiding things away and then forgetting where he has
- put them. So when autumn arrives and Grandad starts to feel the
- cold, he decides he wants his vest. The trouble is he has
- forgotten where he has put it.
-
- Your task is to guide Grandad around, solving various problems and
- finding the required door keys until you find the place where
- Grandad has hidden his vest. But the wheelchair is battery powered
- and you must complete your task before the power runs out.
-
- The game is well designed with colourful, well-drawn graphics for
- the various locations. Control of the game is via the keyboard or
- by the joystick. The game has a nice touch of humour with some
- very funny responses if you try to perform the wrong task. A good
- example of this is what happens when you try to fix the fuse box.
- The puzzles are mostly quite logical but they sometimes require a
- bit of thought. It sometimes pays to remember you are playing a
- grumpy character.
-
- I would certainly recommend Grandad, some of the jokes alone are
- worth the price. There is only one slight problem with the game,
- that is that the game is shareware and in the PD version you are
- restricted to just one level. When you register, you will be given
- a code number which will enable you to play the later levels of
- the game.
-
- I have read a number of articles which say that STOS is not
- suitable for writing games. If this game is an example of STOS,
- then STOS has plenty to offer to anybody who wants to write or
- play adventure games.
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