Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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ETHERWORLD
P. SUPPLIER: HEWSON.
▪ MACHINES: CBM 641128,
SPECTRUM 481128, AMSTRAD
CPC, ATARI ST, AMIGA.
P• PRICES: SPECTRUM CASS
£7.99, DISK £12.99, CBM 64
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ATARI ST £19.99, AMIGA
£19.99.
ow VERSION TESTED: CBM 64.
P• REVIEWER: GARY WHMA.
As if shoot 'em-up buffs
didn't already have
enough to be getting on
with alter the last release
Marauder, Hewson has just
released Netherworid, a
strange mixture of shoot
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generators look like weird
beehives and blurt out
different sub-nasties, while
alien eggs are a pain in
the bot, because they
block oft passageways
and have to be blasted
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with your four-way laser to
clear them_
In contrast, there are
few features in the
Nefherworld that can help
you out, should you use
them correctly. For
instance, Diamond
squeezers
appear from
time to time and can be
used for changing rocks
into diamonds by pushing
them into the mouth of the
diamond squeezer_ In
addition, metamorphosis
walls will change a mine
into four diamonds should
one hit it.
There are hosts of
features such as teleports,
brick smashers, surprise
bonuses and extra
weapons.
You're in for a treat with
Netherworld. It's just what
you have come to expect
from Hewson, with
gorgeous animation on
your ship and well-defined
and animated noshes.
All in all. Netherworld is a
great game and one that
you should definitely think
about splashing out on this
month.
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