Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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magine the scene you're a warrior sent aboard a returning space
craft to find Out what happened to the occupants Its &stress siglal
has worried the Earth authorities so much mat they ref se :o
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Fearing some kind of sabotage they send you the too geezer r
in the local space cadets, to investigate The moment you board
the craft, you feel the insidious chill, the strange atmosphere the
dripping water You call, your voice echoing through the dark tun.
nels of the craft
Clang! The airlock door slams shut behind you Alone in a dark,
almost cathedral-like space cruiser You whirl around to see what
made that odd, papery scuttling sound You see ilothing Cautiosly.
you creep forward, laser cannon primed sea iyrit so-eec no
probing the darkest corners
Cohl Spooky music and
creaking sound effects introduce
Alien Breed, which
blatantly rips off both Alien
the movie and the games
Gauntlet and Alien Syndrome.
Believe it or not, this
game is better in many respects
than both of 'eml
• A l i e n Breed scrolls in eight
directions around a massive complex of maze-like spacecraft
corridors. There are tons of locked doors, lor which
you'll need keys (straight Out of Gauntlet!) and lots of
slithering. screaming aliens to waste. You can pick up
extra weapons, money to buy them and the greatest
necessity of all, ammo. The control method is fast,
smooth and responsive and the atmosphere generated
by the brilliant graphics is super creepy. Best of all
though are the ace sound FX and the brilliant sampled
speech. As far as presentation is concerned. Alien Breed
makes even the mighty Psygnosis look a little pale and
the sheer brilliance of the gameplay lifts this one above
an otherwise banal crowd.
FRANK
O'CONNOR
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SUPER SCARY ALIEN SCUM!
You're alone with the rythm of your own bleathing and the soft
tread of your rubber soled boots. You round a bend in the corndor
and there feasting on the flesh of a fallen space ••t.lot Fs a
seven fool tall, dripping_ slimy, vicious nasty super-al'en What
do you do? Fit; your pants and call the laundrette?
Not You're a space hero and you open lire Wand what lollows
the best excuse ever for a gauntlet style rarric,Ige of ::,:image
and destruction on a massive scale'
UPDATE
Sorry. Alien fans - there are
no plans to convert Alien
Breed for any other machine.
so we suggest you buy an
Amiga dead quick!
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