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design incorporating a split
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herrings. The VC are down
there in the tunnel with you -
hiding under the water with
knives in hand - just waiting to
silently pick off your platoon
man by man.
The Bunker re-creates the
images of the film more vividly
for me than the rest of the
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limited fire power to your bat,
another may rob you of all
control over the paddle, others
make the ball disappear only to
reemerge seconds later on
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the enemy are creeping all
around you. Now is the time to
use your flares to pick out the
Cong. Go easy on the ammo
though as this is limited.
If you survive the bunker
sequence you will find yourself
back in the Jungle. This time
your objective is simply to
escape from there before it is
blown sky high. This is also a
race against the clock - with a
two minute limit as well as a
test of finding your way out.
The final conflict pitches you
against the shell shocked
Sergeant Barnes. 'Nam has
proved too much for him and he
has turned on his own men -
bombarding them with a
constant barrage of grenades
and gun fire. Five grenades
must score direct hits in order
to eliminate Barnes and win the
game.
I enjoyed playing Platoon
immensely. Many garners may
be put off by the toughness of
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playing as a team but, in fact,
you soon find yourself trying • to
serve up some difficult shots. •
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the first level and put it down -
which would be a mistake as it
is an arcade adventure of great
challenge and ultimately much
satisfaction as well. Ocean has
made a competent job of what
appeared to be one of the most
difficult films to turn into a
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control of the bat continually
swap. So you've got to keep a
close eye on the game.
You get a sound clue when
control changes and the bats
change colour. Confusing. eh?
Arid there's no set time between
changes. Control can change
and the swap the next instance.
The construction set could be
the main selling point of Traz,
especially if you've bought any
other versions of this style of
game. I constructed some
pretty strange screens. I
thought they were brilliant
designs and hugely playable.
Others thought different. But
that's life.
The screens are all Inventive,
from tropical trees to advens
for Ace 2 and the nice part is
that you don't start on the same
screen each time. Variety
prevents boredom.
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