(C) Fedorov, "Chasm" Vladimir
(C) Music D.J. Music
Review, however.
Hayushki all! I mean, hello! Today I'll introduce you to a
new portion game software, which appeared on our flea market.
Just want to stipulate that this list may be slightly out of
date by the time you read my outpourings, but as practice
shows, for the users of our city, my part is needed, and
therefore it will be. As it turned out, our magazine ADVENTURER
- the most read in Rybinsk. Even such monsters as all
known ZX-FORMAT and SPECTROFON, benefit
are much less popular. As said
One of our regular readers: "Why should I buy magazines from
other cities, if we have our own?"
ADV: And it rules! (Although harmless to know
what happens in other cities ...)
Of course, it's flattering to hear us, however, should
note the following: Of course, we try to give as much
information for our readers (which is feasible and do), but on
the other hand, we also really do not want to repeat and make
information held in other publications, which, incidentally,
can also be find a lot of interesting things.
Therefore, in the "Overview" I'll give a review of those
games that I have not seen in similar
sections of other journals.
NDA ... Rereading it was written, I like
always noticed that again, "he poured water"
the whole kilobyte. So: one, two, three,
four, five - start obzirat.
KOMANDO 2
MICROTECH SYSTEMS 1992
In long ago times when there
in our town there were very few Spectrum in the foyer of the
cinema "Central" was gaming salon. There were two "native"
SPECCY with rubber "clave" and there is always
hung out a lot of people wanting to take a look at this little
miracle, and sometimes play. The biggest hit at that time
was a toy, namely - COMMANDO.
Hacked by people in it until he lost consciousness,
showering enemies with lead left and right.
Seeing among novya familiar name, but with the prefix "2",
I thought at first that this is again some talentless remake,
but after I uploaded this toy, abruptly changed his opinion.
The game not only has not lost its spirit, but and, conversely,
got a lot of advantages: graphics is vastly improved, removed
the idiotic dying in contact with
enemy soldiers, and the game brought
to its logical conclusion (in the original
version of the game was fixated, that did not allow moral
satisfaction from the sight of the final text box on how you
cool). In general, the game went through its second birth.
Highly recommend to all fans shoot with gusto in different
directions - not regret it.
ADV: Tip for those who are not strong in
Polish (or this game is in Slovakian?):
After selecting the key appears
"POZOR! ...", Meaning of which is
that after the start of the game, the keys are already
can not be overridden. A proper
to start a game just press ENTER.
SOUND 50%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playability 90%
PEDRO NA OSTROVE PIRATOV
GOLD STORM 1992
Another toy from eastern Europe. This time it's an arcade
adventyura. You take on the role of a Pedro (probably from
Brazil, where so many wild monkeys), who desperately need the
pirate treasure. Or maybe he just wants to slip away from this
island (do not know what closer to the truth, especially since
the game does not deepened).
The game pretty well done, beautiful color graphics,
sprites move smoothly, a lot of objects and locations - In
general, if the game was made for everyone understands English,
she could successfully compete with such masterpieces as DIZZY
and SEYMOUR.
AUDIO 100%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playability 90%
DIRT TRACK RACER
ZEPPELIN GAMES 1991
As the name suggests - is race. It seems that there were
many similar toys, but this is still exciting. You to compete
in the skill of driving buggies on rough terrain, incidentally
picking up bonus points, which in the end of a track you can
repair the car and equip it with different pribabahami such
turbo-accelerator, a more powerful engine
or case of a more durable alloy.
The graphics in this game, which is typical of the later
games from ZEPPELIN, very well detailed, smooth motion machines
(though if you podrazdolbaete its vehicle, it will begin to
sneeze and jerk). In general, a rather cute toy - recommended.
SOUND 50%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playability 80%
DOUBLE DRAGON 2 "THE REVENGE"
VIRGIN, AMERICAN TECHNOS 1989
Interestingly still live in Russia -
Only we in the software market may appear at first first
part of the game, then third and finally, the second one. In
principle, a game of this series do not represent anyone,
everything is fine know that this fight. It should be noted that
The first part was made more shameful, the third - albeit
carefully, but inhibitory. The second part, in its technical
execution, is located just in the middle - fast graphics
without noticeable glitches while traveling. Recommended
for those who like to beat the virtual faces.
It is worth noting that it is better to buy the version
Max'a Iwamoto, since it fully working, unlike the others.
SOUND 80%
GRAPHICS 80%
Playability 80%
STUNT MAN SEYMOUR
CODEMASTERS, REFLECTIVE DESIGNS 1992
Do you like the game companies CODE MASTERS?
I also love. But sometimes a sad exception to the rule. In the
early nineties almost all the leading programmers CM
switched to AMIGA platform and PC, but for
projects on SPECCY firm has
under his wing, a new generation of geymmeykerov. Like all
beginners, these guys are not everything goes OK - this game is
just one of those. Repetition is always a repetition. The
authors have taken the game to the main characters Seymour - a
fairly well-known character and sent him to travel the world
slonyary CJ - Turned STUNT MAN SEYMOUR. Nothing new in
comparison with CJ in adventures SEYMOUR'a there - all the same
ekvilibristicheskie jumping on the suspended
air platforms, the same principal
bad guy, you want to soak in the end
level - skukota. This game was converted from another platform,
so schedule was somewhat clumsy,
music, of course, is good, but one music
the game will not save. In general, if you like
adventures of an elephant CJ - this game is for you.
Although I am playing it was not interesting and
I passed the first level only because
to me it should have been overlooked.
SOUND 80%
GRAPHICS 50%
Playability 70%
THE CYCLES
ACCOLADE 1989
If you've seen a game company ACCOLADE
"GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT", you'll have
complete understanding of the game - the
same design, though this time you will participate in races on
a motorcycle. Game is pretty solidly - I gladly raced on all
tracks. However, if you've seen the prototype for AMMY
or PC, then the Spectrum version you are likely to seem
somewhat paly. Graphics, of course, weaker, and the sound not
the (very annoying engine whine at full speed), but in
principle, for SPECCY good.
SOUND 20%
GRAPHICS 50%
Playability 85%
CHOY LEE FUT KUNG FU WARRIOR
POSITIVE
Did you ever were cut in the FIST?
This toy reminded me of those years when
we were going to crowd around the cluster
"Leningrad" and played "on the flight." Joysticks then we were
homemade - a sort of monsters on mikrikah, soldered from the
PCB. Yes ... It was time.
In this game you have to play alone, but the buzz on this
at all is not lost. Large set of shocks, smooth well-traced
graphics, clever enough opponents - what else is needed for good
game? First you will be offered on a wooden train simulator,
and then begin real fights.
SOUND 50%
GRAPHICS 90%
Playability 90%
ARKARUM
RUMATISOFT, ULTRASOFT 1990
I remember back in Soviet times, our
industry was producing a television game console "Videosport"
(incidentally, The first game of Fame Mednonogova was made
precisely on the basis of this attachment). There were
different games, including both called "tennis" - two rackets
on a blank screen and the ball between them. So - ARKARUM, it's
a little more beautiful formalized version of this same
"tennis." You can play alone, so alone.
SOUND 80%
GRAPHICS 70%
Playability 90%
KING VALLEY
WE 1996
Finally, I caught the eye
the first is not "vulgar" logic (with elements of arcade) game,
made in the former USSR. The guys from Minsk have tried to
glory, making a really good game.
Your character will have to collect all
Diamonds on the screen, then you can go to another level. The
task is clear, but execute it is not so simple: apart from the
fact that up to you constantly chasing the skeleton, which is
all nars to drag you to the the grave, as to most of these
diamonds to get - hard to think right. Of course, at your
disposal is a handy tools that will facilitate your life, but
they still need to know where to apply. In general, igruha
interesting - I recommend to all.
SOUND 95%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playable 100%
MURK 3320
WANDERER 1996
When I first saw this game, I began gleefully rubbing
their hands in anticipation of that great pull in new strategic
toy. Slightly true distressed graphics - it was half
torn from the LASER SQUAD, but then the LAST
BATTLE also somewhat suffers from this.
Having made a couple of moves, I began to suspect
wrong - in my opponents were too few brains, and they only had
an advantage over numerical my squad, consisting of only two
soldiers. Enemies all piled and piled, stupidly hanging out
around. I began to fall intermittently on nonweak turnips, and
I decided to relocate my soldiers under the protection of the
walls. And what was my surprise when my soldiers began to shoot
straight through the wall. After that I was completely
disappointed and angrily pressed on Reset.
After all of the above, you
probably made the only correct
conclusion about this game ...
SOUND 40%
GRAPHICS 20%
Playability 10%
KLADEMINER
BITMUNCHERS 1996
What do you think happens when
cross LODE RUNNER'a and pacman?
The guys from BITMUNCHERS, probably wondering
the same idea. As a result of their
thoughts turned KLADEMINER. Of course,
anything fundamentally new in this game
No, but still it captures. Beautiful graphics and
professionally composed music, a good level of coding - that
still need to be completely happy. So, If you like to urge
RUNNER'a, then this the game is definitely for you.
AUDIO 100%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playable 100%
THE MYSTERY OF ARKHAM MANOR
MIKE LEWIS 'CARL CROPLEY
You will have time to become a reporter who needs to get
used to the image Sherlock Holmes, investigating the mystery of
event at the estate Arqam. To the Editor of your newspaper
received a letter from Colonel Lemine, which states that the
estate of strange things are happening. Sensing that this may
be a good material for articles, you are going to Arqam. Once
on the place and having strayed a little town in search of
Colonel, you had wandered into a police station, where the
constable tells you that Lemine killed. The last thread breaks
- then you have to act independently.
The game is a graphical
adventyuru with pretty good graphics.
The action takes place in real
time, there are a large number of pre
preservation of objects and locations, provided an opportunity
to communicate with the characters using direct speech -
phrases can be typed at the keyboard. It seemed to me at first
opinion, this is a game for which you can hold more than one
night. Highly recommend adventyur fans in English.
SOUND 0%
GRAPHICS 80%
Playable 100%
SKAZ ANCIENT RUSSIA
VITYAZ SVYATOGOR and the Sorcerer Karachun
Alexey Shirokov 1995
In recent years, began to appear
pretty much adventyur in Russian.
Some primitive, others vice versa,
made good. This game belongs to
second. The plot is based on Russian legends - really rich soil
to create interesting stories. Tolerably well drawn graphics,
netormozyaschy interface originally provided for the disc. All
this makes this game appealing to a wide range of players.
SOUND 0%
GRAPHICS 80%
Playability 80%
MAGICIANS LAND
PRECISION, CLOUD SOFT 1996
This program is still
one graphic adventyuru with the claim
on the RPG. At first glance it looks pretty cool - many
locations, the opportunity to develop their physical and
magical abilities, the various items you can buy in the store.
Even goal of the game is quite specific - to release a
fantastic world of Malchish-bad guy, who conceived at all to
select their favorite candy (just kidding), for what you need
find nine magical scrolls, and deliver them to the court
magician.
Once you're out of the gate
lock on you immediately set upon by hordes
opponents, who strive to bring your hero to the grave. All
right, but the whole game is reduced to a blunt walking on the
location and killing vorogov. Of course, with time There you
are typing experience, and after You get a certain number of
points of experience, returning to the magician, you can
increase your level.
After playing some time in this game
I noticed the following shortcomings: completely missing
shipment to disk, makes the game virtually impassable
(Personally, I rescued only shadow monitor my Scorpion, by which
I shipped) when the next
level you go up only physical
parameters and the magic level, and new
Spells are not available (I got
to the third level) in the game there is no
logic puzzles - making a map,
you can easily pass wherever you want, there are very few
objects with which you can manipulate, if you have
any object, it can not lay out.
Of course, the game on its own technical
execution is done well, in her beautiful graphics, but before
the "Star Heritage" it is certainly far.
SOUND 60%
GRAPHICS 90%
Playability 50%
RALLY CROSS
CODEMASTERS 1989
If you download this game, you
submit another chance to participate
in road racing. At first, this game has made me ugly impression
- control machine was so unusual that now and then I crashed
into a fence line, so warm up a bit, I pressed the reset.
Later, when I had to write a "review" I could not help again
download this game and, to understand the management, it was a
pleasure. Management is really unusual - instead of usual gas
and brake here to go to the desired direction you need to press
the appropriate key - right, then click "left", and if you need
to turn up, the "up". On Every track is a gas station on
which can podzapravitsya gasoline
Pour fresh oil and buy other pribabahi. For example, if you
purchased a new wheels, now you are not afraid of puddles.
Gave me great pleasure to ride with
using the turbo booster. Also
very originally decorated themselves tracks -
you have to cross the railway
cloth and a road with very heavy traffic that makes a variety of
in the course of the race. True, the competition with the
opponents in this game as such, no - you will have the allotted
time to pass from two to four quarters. In general, the game
done well, upsetting only a small
number of steps (there are only four) and
lack of support for music coprocessor.
SOUND 50%
GRAPHICS 70%
Playability 90%
MOVING TARGET
PREMIER 1989
If you love to shoot and run
through the maze, then go ahead and ship the toy and to delay
health. Rather large and intricate maze will you are following
the action. Your task - found in the labyrinth of four bombs
and lay them under the generators with their corresponding
numbers, and then safely slip away, until there was a big
broads.
Not bad the timetable leaves a pleasant impression,
everything moves fast enough. There are sound
effects (albeit at beeper). In general, play and relax.
It is worth mentioning that the version
Max'a Iwamoto bootloader integrated file
card games and tricks. In enough
boot time to keep the "S" and the description will be shipped
to your disk.
SOUND 70%
GRAPHICS 80%
Playability 90%
LOST CAVES AND THE TOMB OF DOOM
PREMIER 1989
Played you ever been to an old and
all known BOULDER DASH? If you
a fan of this game, then I strongly advise you to
find LOST CAVES, as it is in BOULDER
very nice package - the hero of the game is drawn so that the
impression that in the maze got Indiana Jones
(Even the sprite name of the game is made in
appropriate style). Dimensions sprites increased to 4x4 size
znakomesta. The complexity of mazes has increased dramatically
and now for free all the diamonds do not gather.
From running a large number of labyrinth
ALTID guys need schemitsya, so quickly. You can also easily get
into no-win situation, then we can safely press the BREAK. Very
exciting and recommended for all.
SOUND 85%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playable 100%
WIZARD WILLY
CODEMASTERS 1989
Have you ever play in the "SUPER
FROG "on the AMIGA, or at least" SONIC "for
SEGA? Then you probably remember
great moving background.
Of course, in SPECCY implement three or four
background is almost impossible, but
with one firm CODEMASTERS coped magnificently.
You control the novice magician
Willie, who can shoot lightning from
hands, say a couple of spells, as well
jump and move left, right,
up and down. But do not relish this, and in fact
that can be seen behind Willy - this
waving flags, and waterfalls, volcanoes
and so on and so forth - all very nicely drawn, though
monochrome graphics, but there's no escape.
In general, of course, the game is primitive, but
so beautiful that it should play.
SOUND 70%
GRAPHICS 100%
Playable 100%
In this review is completed. Until next time
meetings!
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