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"ROLL IT" REVIEW
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Roll-It is a game written in STOS by two of my mates in Germany;
Wilfried Kickstein and Thomas Schenck, who both help to run Germany's
largest STOS user group. Roll-It is actually a sequel to their previous
game Roll-Over, and in most ways is the same, except for improved
graphics, sound, and more levels.
The idea is simple, but yet original. You must guide a football up,
down, left, and right, with the joystick. Scattered around the level
are green arrows with which you must use to guide a black ball towards
an exit. Once you have got the black ball in the exit, you must collect
the rest of the diamonds, and exit yourself. The first level is
straightforward; you simply collect a couple of diamonds, and the
arrows which take the black ball right and down. The next level starts
to show the true strategy of the game, with transporters, and the next
level has got bombs. (I have only got up to level 4 out of 40!)
You get a static ariel view, with information along the bottom...in
German (but it's easy to translate for yourself). The sound effects are
sampled, and are quite good. The graphics is of good quality for a PD
game, and the playability is not frantic; but instead, it's very
strategic; every move has to be carefully planned or else you have to
start again (although you get level codes every three levels).
The game goes together well, with a nice (if not familiar) soundtracker
intro tune. People with a knack for puzzle games will enjoy this one.
Article: BLACK EAGLE 4/8/93