Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome
Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome
Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome
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oth teeming with deadly wil-<br />
To make things even more<br />
difficult you have to manoeuvre<br />
your toob through bonus gates.<br />
Miss too many and a giant 'gator<br />
swims down from the top of the<br />
screen and tears you limb from<br />
limb<br />
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REVIEW<br />
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But its not all a nightmare.<br />
There are extra coke cans<br />
dotted around the river which<br />
can be picked up and hurled at<br />
the baddies. and if you grab a sixpack.<br />
you'll have an unlimited arsenal<br />
- very handy. Beach balls<br />
speed up your rubbery ride and<br />
there are also extra lives to collect<br />
in the form of toob patches<br />
If you manage to reach the<br />
beach party at the end of the<br />
final level, the nightmare is over<br />
and you can return to normality<br />
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backdrops. and there are<br />
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a host of wacky soundtracks to<br />
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Looks, sounds and ploys<br />
addictive, with bonuses all over great An excellent conver-<br />
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t u e worlds to paddle through. wonderful coin-op.<br />
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strange game. But it's le<br />
this surre- u<br />
play very similarly to the Screenscrolling and superb<br />
Spectrum version, but will tunes make this even more<br />
al weirdness that makes yc<br />
it so ap-<br />
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have much better graphics<br />
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fun than the ST version. If<br />
and sound.<br />
u're after an original and<br />
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GRAPHICS 83%<br />
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PLAYABILITy 84%<br />
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the coin-op, and is addictive<br />
and enjoyable.<br />
OVERALL 78%<br />
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