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An early entry into the CPC's catalogue of fruit machine simulators. Feature-wise, everything's there that you would associate with such a game for the time it was released. Presentation-wise, this one, although colourful, looks a little basic. In fact, soon after playing this game you begin to sniff a BASIC program that, although does a good job, just doesn't cut the mustard. Simple and sparse sound effects just increase the desire to look elsewhere for a more pleasing choice of game. 3 |
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Lucky Luke: Nitroglycérine
(Coktel Vision, 1987) A railway is being built that will run east to west across America, and Lucky Luke has the task of guarding a train that is carrying a cargo of explosive nitroglycerine. Based on one of the many comic books featuring the cowboy Lucky Luke, this game consists of five episodes with varying styles of gameplay, such as moving around a screen trying to perform actions in the correct order, shooting bandits as they slowly appear from doorways, searching for the stolen nitroglycerine, and solving a complex puzzle by pulling levers to move railway tracks. The graphics are colourful, although they are often quite blocky and look somewhat messy. The music is also not particularly good. As for the gameplay, all of the episodes, with the exception of the puzzle-solving section, are much too easy to complete. 5 |
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The Lurking Horror
(Infocom, 1987) You've come to the computer centre at GUE Tech and are in the terminal room, with only a hacker for company, trying to get your essay finished for tomorrow morning. There's a huge blizzard outside and you're stuck here for the night, but something much more sinister is afoot... This was one of the last of Infocom's text adventures to be released for the CPC, and I reckon it's their best one. The text descriptions really create a tense and frightening atmosphere as you skulk around the corridors of GUE Tech, and the characters that you will meet are rather scary as well, such as the ghoulish caretaker and the professor of alchemy. This isn't just my favourite Infocom game; it's one of my favourite text adventures of all time. 10 |
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