Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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ASSAULT
MACHINE
IP MACHINE: SPECTRUM/
AMSTRAD/C64/ATARI/MSX/C15
P. SUPPLIER GREMLIN GRAPHICS
IP PRICE: €7.95 SPEC MSX1 €9.95
IAMS/C64/C16I
REVIEWER: TIM
Trailblazer is a deceptively
simple game. Load it in and you
think, "What's all this then?"
But then you start playing. And
from then on you won't want to
know about anything else. It's
fast and awesomely addictive.
The idea is simplicity itself.
You are in control of a bouncing
ball which you have to guide
over a series of tracks packed
with hazards for the unwary.
Fall off the track and you lose
a life. Stay on and you're in for
the ride of your life!
The tracks streak out at you
from the centre of the screen —
like a race track would in a
regular race game. You have to
use all your skill, judgement
and fast reactions to keep the
ball rolling.
There are chequerboard
squares on some of the tracks
which will either slow you down
or speed you up or even make
you jump automatically.
Learn to recognise them, they
can help or hinder your
Spectrum have colour coded
squares to watch out for and a
two player option, plus a player
versus computer options. You
can attempt to knock each other
off course in two player/robot
modes.
Trailblazer on the Atari and 64
is just as addictive. But here
you've 9ot the extra added
dimension of enhanced sound
and plorious graphics. Do try
playing the split screen two
player version. It's great!
Gremlin's programmers have
even managed to coax a decen
tune out of the Spectrum!
Sounds vary on other versions.,
A Trailblazer is
RAILBLAZER
simply a brilliant game.
progress.
There's a time limit for each
level — complete a track with
time in hand — shown in the
clock at the top of the screen
and you get more time for the
next level.
There are 14 fun-filled
courses to attempt— each with
their own unique challenges.
And you can play the game in
two modes. The Three Course
Trail gives you the opportunity
to practice any three of the 14
tracks together with unlimited
bounces. The Arcade option
allows you to play all the courses
in sequence with just four
bounces and varying time limits.
Versions apart from the
A Wornory who love the wasteland.
• MACHINE CBM •34
to• SUPPLIER: NEXUS
P• PRICE; £996 CASSETTE/
LI2•95 DISK
tit REVIEWER: PAUL
There's trouble brewing on the
prison planet Targon, isolated
from the rest of the galaxy for
many centuries. A fanatical
organisation is rumoured to be
building a massive weapon
called The Assault Machine. If
true, it could spell doom for all
the good guys.
The starcruiser Peacekeeper
has been sent to investigate and
take appropriate action_ In other
words search and destroy.
Blast those no-good cons to
Trailblazer is a simply brilliant
game. Original and extremely
addictive. Everyone should
have it in their collection!
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