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SHAREWARE GAMES
• I cannot nelieve lust how addictive this game
is, it should have a government health warning
on the side_ I must have lost days playing
this game with my friends. To be fair, I was a
huge fan of the original Dynna Blaster which
also allowed up to five players and had the
same sickeningly addictive game play. For
ELUXE GALAGA
Another fiendishly addictive game, Deluxe
Galaga is apparently based on an old Vic20
game called Stareattle — can a Vic20 game be
anything but old? As with Master Blaster, the
programmer's main aim is for the game to
play well, and Deluxe Galaga certainly
does that. Reminiscent of many old
space invader type shoot-'em-ups, you
have to battle your way through wave upon
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AMIGA COMPUTING
FEBRUARY 1996
ASTER BLASTER
people who do not know, Master Blaster is a
maze type of game. You start off in a grid
maze, trapped by explodable blocks_ By dropping
bombs you create more room to move
around in and when you get the chance you
can blow your fellow competitors to kingdom
come. Along the way you can get power ups
to gain more bombs, bigger flames and other
handy abilities.
This new shareware version adds many features
to the original game. Along with the
original gameplay and the ability to have five
players on at once, the new version allows
you to adjust almost every part of the game.
You can select your favourite character graphics,
how many wins are needed, and how
much money to start with.
Master Blaster allows you to collect money
so you can buy power ups before you start the
next round, and there is the chance to win free
money in the nerve shattering Wheel-O-Fortune.
With extra power ups, team play, three different
levels, selectable power ups, and even
better coding than the last version, you can
now quit to Workbench. With addiction
beyond belief Master Blaster is a must buy_
wave of menacing alien meanies-
Each wave swoops down in various initial
attack patterns to form at the top of the
screen, where they deploy in sorties,
Gataxians style. Once you have killed them
all, you're onto the next level. To add another
layer to the game there are power ups to
pick up which have been dropped by the
aliens when you killed them, along with
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REQUIREMENTS
RED - BLACK
Workbencn
Botom
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Monitor
( PAL••
I Mb
RAM
PRODUCT DETAILS
Product
Master Blaster
Supplier
Alexander IvanofArn Dorlanger 2D-58644
Iserlohn, Germany
Registration
$20 or 25DM
SCORE
Overall otAt
money to collect that you can then spend in
the end-of-level shops. In later levels, good
money sense is almost as important as good
game play because you have to save up for
larger weapons.
With large end-of-level beasties, simultaneous
two-player action, a trying meteor
bonus game, and another bonus levd in the
form of a memory game, there is plenty to
keep you occupied.
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REQUIREMENTS
RED essential BLACK recommended
Workbenc
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PAL
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PRODUCT DETAIL'
Product
Deluxe Calaga
Supplier
Edgar M Vigdal
5830 LUSTER NORWAY
Registration
E5 or SW
SCORE
Overall 1
1 Mb