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1 0 ) r I wo worlds - the mirror image of each other, touch in space through a Time-Warp. ne is positive, good, familiar our World; the other is negative, evil yet unnervingly familiar. heir interface - a time window through which objects and beings can pass; contact has resulted in the beginning of exchange. estore our World - stop the invasion, but do it now , ates, for the time window grows larger - domination is a hand! a s t e h SPECTRUM e x c h a ri g n e .itiowa c c e STARTLING ACTION • INNOVATIVE GAME PLAY • STATE OF THE ART 3-D GRAPHICS 6 Central Street. Manchester M2 5NS• Tel: 061 634 3939•Telex: 669977
CVG Always expect the unexpected from Duren. They beaver away quietly down in Somerset and always come up with original games at least one a THANA year anyway. This time it's Thanatos, a magical mystery tour through a land full of dragons, demons and a beautiful sorceress to be rescued. It's an arcade adventure with a difference. The difference is the scrolling "wide-screen" landscape you fly our hero. Thantos the Dragon, through on his quest for truth and justice. And all because the sorceress wanted a magic cauldron. I guess someone down at Durell has been reading Anne McCaffrey's dragon books because the idea owes a lot to these fantasy classics. You're in control of Thanatos, a great-biggreen dragon_ The first part of the game involves flying Thanatos across hostile lands and seas and through dark caverns, all the time fighting off the attentions of arrow-firing, spear throwing locals. He ends up at a castle where the sorceress is waiting to be rescued. Then you carry the sorceress through yet more dangerous lands and seas in order to complete your task and find the magic cauldron. Fortunately, like all dragons. Thanatos can breathe fire. This means he can roast anything that attacks him from the air or the ground. His supply of fire is limited however the level is indicated at the bottom of the screen. He can obtain more solid fuel for his fire by eating witches— more of that later. He also gets tired. Watch Out for the heart on the right hand side of the screen. When it starts flashing Thanatos needs a rest. All you have to do, generally, is land and he'll be OK after a few seconds_ But you could be in trouble if he's surrounded by ant like A Mantas 5 an original, exciting and surpn arcade adventure players_ human attackers or horrible flying bees or stuff like that. The best way to kick off the game is to get to the first castle — important things are found in castles — as quick as possible. Don't worry about notching up a big score at this stage. Fly over attackers and only use your fire when in trouble. You'll need most of it to burn down the door of the castle. Once inside the castle watch out for a little figure waving at you in among the other figures firing things at you. Don't roast her, for this is the sorceress. Land and she'll run and climb up Onto your broad and scaly back. Fly away into the wild blue yonder to escape the castle guards. And now the game really starts! Life gets more and more difficult for the sorceress and Thanatos as they progress through this fascinating fantasy world. The seas are populated with long-necked monsters who reach up to snatch the sorceress from the dragon's back, the caverns are populated by nasty giant spiders with poisonous bites and the cities and castles are full of horrible people who think dragon hunting is in season all year round. If Thanatos runs out of puff he can turn around and fly back to the nearest city where a witch is usually being burnt at the stake. It's the sort of thing they liked to watch in medieval time well, they didn't watch Eastenders! Thanatos can eat the witch and gain more fire-power. But watch out for the knight on a horse who tries to do a St George on you with his pointy lance. Could Thanatos have been set up here? Each new part of the game provides a new challenge. More ng game which should appeal pa than enough to keep you coming back! The graphics are interesting. Thanatos the dragon is a big, nicely animated character who performs neat turns and landings on request. Very obliging for a dragon is old Thanatos. Scrolling is pretty smooth and colour clash problems are kept to a minimum thanks to an intelligent choice of background colour— black! Thanatos is a novel mixture of adventure and arcade action. You could play it just to get a high score. But the best thing is to fly over the mysterious lands, discovering more each time you play. An interesting and playable game. Check it out. l e C 1a• PLAYABILITY S STRYKER'S . V A L RUN U E II. MACHINE: BBC SUPPLIER: SUPERIOR 10 PRICE: 0.95 itapit) MIS Wilk) REVIEWER: WWI Oh brill, a new game from Superior! Looks good, usual classy packaging, usual competition to put all us Beeb owners on our mettle. And yet This is Superior's attempt at a good old-fashioned war game, one with soldiers, rifles, grenades, helicopters and land mines. Being Superior, it's all done in very good taste, unlike some games I could mention. No true-to-life baddies. The good guys might be called Allies, but the enemies are Volgans, not Germans or Russians. You are Commander John Stryker, and your mission is to take top secret information — the complete plans of the Volgans' next offensive, no less! — back to Allied HO. Needless to say, the Volgans will be doing their best to stop you. 0 6 •' r8 a It looks good. The graphics are way above average, as you would expect from Superior, with a colourful scrolling background and some nice detail, although I have seen smoother animation. In the course of his run — well, more of a toddle, really — Stryker passes cities, ruined buildings, trees, gravestones, despatch-posts and more. If you have a Master, you can take advantage of a special enhanced version with an even more varied scenario. There is plenty of action. You shoot it out with the Volgans, who have an extensive armoury at their disposal. You can requisition an aircraft and shoot up the enemy in the sky. or drop bombs on them. Back on the ground, you can jump, duck, chuck grenades and fire your laser pistol. And yet I was disappointed. The game moves at a leisurely pace, and with all its polish it failed to grip. Take the polish away, and there's not really very much there. I. 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