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Title: Chuck Rock (£26)
Quite a good game, with plenty of variety in the enemy creatures and some
vaguely amusing interaction with the `scenery' in cliched cartoon
fashion, but overall the game suffers from the use of a 16-colour mode whilst
trying to attempt a wide range of colours on screen - it just doesn't work.
The small screen detracts from the game, and the parallax backgrounds are
unimaginative and repeat far too soon. Also, the bosses require too many hits -
for some reason the Acorn version has been made harder.
The sexist introductory animation may offend some.
Links: None
Supplier: Krisalis
Players: 1
Type: Platform
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: Game On SA: No
Title: Cobalt Seed, The (£25)
Into the screen scrolling 3D shoot'em'up using TBA's TAG graphic
engine. Simple, fun game.
Links: None
Supplier: TBA
Players: 1
Type: 3D shoot'em'up
Needs: 1MB OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: Yes SA: Yes
Title: Command Ship (£25)
Links: None
Supplier: TBA
Players: 1
Type: Asteroids/shoot'em'up/puzzle
Needs: 2MB OS 2: No OS 3: Yes RPC: Yes SA: Yes
Title: Confusion
Title: Conqueror
Title: Cops
Title: Corruption
Title: Crisis
Title: Crystal Maze, The
32-bit Acorn Gaming is sponsored by
Puzzle-type game, a bit like Loopz
Links: None
Supplier: Unknown
Players: 1
Type: Puzzle
Needs: OS 2: ? OS 3: ? RPC: ? SA: No
Available as part of Play It Again Sam 1. Uses the Zarch
landscape plotting engine.
Links: None
Supplier: Superior Software Ltd.
Players: 1
Type: Tank
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: Game On SA: Yes, but very fast
Links: None
Supplier: Alpine Software
Players: 1
Type: Text Adventure
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: ? RPC: ? SA: No
Rather difficult - but reasonably good - text adventure.
Links: None
Supplier: Magnetic Scrolls
Players: 1
Type: Text adventure
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: ? RPC: ? SA: No
Psychedelic maze game
Links: None
Supplier: Unknown
Players: 1
Type: Maze
Needs: OS 2: ? OS 3: ? RPC: ? SA: Yes, but fast. Use Tracker Module (PlayerMod) version 4.09 for sound
(£35)
Plenty of variety, with a wide range of puzzle and skill games (although
the 'physical' games are a bit dodgy) but whoever attempted to write the music
must be tone deaf! Unbelievably this game which features such lovely graphics has an
incredibly bad rendition of the TV music. It suddenly goes very
weird after several seconds in the crystal dome. Strangely, despite a good game
until this point the crystal dome game itself is very dodgy - it is completely
uncontrollable and utterly devoid of skill.
Links: None
Supplier: Sherston Software
Players: 6
Type: Puzzle
Needs: 2MB OS 2: ? OS 3: Yes RPC: Game On SA: Yes - needs Tracker Module (PlayerMod) version 4.09 plus StrongGuard
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Gareth Moore
Database last updated 16/8/98
© Copyright Gareth Moore 1996, 1997, 1998