Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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New in March is The Corporation
from Activision, a yuppie space
adventure where earning a
positive credit rating and gaining
promotion are just as important
as blowing away your rivals. The
set up is that familiar old future
where big firms have taken over
from countries, and two rival
superpower corporations fight it
out.
You play the commander of a
robot team mining an obscure
asteroid for the rare and valuable
"Minorthian Crystal". It's not as
easy as all that though, as a rival
team from the enemy corporation
is also after the same precious
stuff, and will stop at nothing to
get it! Just to add to your worries,
they've stacked the deck against
you by having the very asteroid
you are sitting on rushing
towards certain doom.
The game is packed with rocket
launchers, meteor showers and
You won't believe your eyes but
this is the Commodore 64 version
of ikari Warriors. Gasp! Now that
you've recovered from the shock,
prepare yourself for another one.
Elite are actually going to release
it!
Not bad when you consider the
Amstrad version came out way
back in January '87. Remember
C+ VG's brilliant map? Well the
game follows the same format.
It's you against the world on a
mission to rescue prisoners-ofwar,
battling it out with the
enemy, blasting away with tanks,
mortars and the like. The game is
being "tweaked" at the moment
but initial play testing suggests it
will be a goodie.
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that old favourite, the cloaking
device.
With upward mobility the name
of the game these days, it would
seem a good time to release an
adventure where salary counts as
much as firepower, though only
time will tell as to whether the
financial aspects add another
dimension to the adventure, or
get in the way of it.
Remember, it's not just your
life it's your career that's at
risk!
Calling all comrades. This is
Karnov, Electric Dreams'
conversion of the Data East coinop.
In it you play a fire-breathing
Russian searching for the lost
treasure of Babylon.
These shots are from the
Spectrum version and the signs
are that ED has done a good job
on capturing the look of the coinop
but it's too early for a verdict
on playability.
The game spans over nine
levels in which Karnov faces
dragons, deadly ostriches and
killer biscuits! Game play
Involves running, jumping,
climbing and flying. Karnov on
the Spectrum, Commodore 64 and
Amstrad is set for release at the
end of March.
Okay, it's time to put the cards on
the table. This is Card Sharks, the
Accolade game coming from
Electronic Arts. You get a choice
of games to play, including
blackjack and poker. These shots
are from the Commodore 64. EA
will start dealing the game to you
In March.
The Shoot 'Em Up Construction
set got the Palace off-shoot label
Outlaw off to a flying start. It was
a quality product. Their next
offering is Troll, an arcade
shoot-'em-up set in a weird world
of mirrored images.
Designed and programmed by
Denton Designs, Troll is set in the
netherworld of Narc. You are on
your own against hordes of
fiendish goblins whose only
pleasure in life is to send you
crashing through one of their