Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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With P Blockbusters, TV Games
came P up with a brilliant little
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It was fun, addictive,
made you laugh and really
captured
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the spirit of the
television R: programme it was
based T on.
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however, G a far less successful
attempt
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to bring the quiz and
task show to the computer
screen.
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And that's not really the
fault E of the programmers but
the S rather restrictive format of
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10-SUPPLIER: CODE MASTERS
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99 IP.REVIEWER: PAUL BOUGHTON
This latest Code Masters'
simulation package promises so
much. But, for me, the promise,
is not delivered.
For the very reasonable sum
Deosions — to ploy or not to ploy.
KRYPTON Alc
the TV show itself. It doesn't
really lend itself to the home
micro and the resulting game I
found very slow to play. Almost
tediously slow.
The game's individual parts
are all taken from the show and
each has to be loaded
separately which again means
there's a lot of sitting around
doing nothing. All are played
against the clock.
Up to four people play, each
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of E4.99 you get two cassettes
containing the standard game,
the expert game, extra courses
based on coastlines arid extra
courses based on docks,
making 24 circuits in all. Not
only that. There's also a colour
poster and a Code Masters
sticker.
All this is flawed by the fact
that the game is not good. In
fact, it's boring.
selecting the character they
want to be from the eight
supplied, although you can
change character details if you
want.
The first section is mental
agility. Here a series of numbers
is flashed onto the screen. Each
player most arrange the
numbers in their head in correct
ascending numerical order and
re-enter them into the
computer. This is real brain -
then.
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The courses are viewed from
above. There are four ietbikes in
each race and up to two people
can play. You race against the
clock, completing two circuits
in the time, and must steer
between the numbered buoys in
the correct sequence. If you
qualify you go onto the next
course. In all there are five
courses to be beaten in each
championship.
A The standard course.
buster only for memory men
and women.
Next is the observation
round. A story and related
picture are shown. The story
scrolls along the bottom of the
screen. This is shown twice
only certain changes are made
to the picture and story which
you have to spot. This section
was so boring that I nearly
nodded off several times.
The response round promised
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Both the Spectrum and
Amstrad versions make an
attempt at speech. I had to
listen to the Spectrum version
several times before I could
make out what it was. The
Amstrad speech is a little
better.
The letbikes themselves
appear as little more than small
arrow shaped creations with a
stream of what seems like
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