CRITICAL MASS
Arcade adventure · 8/8 · DURELL
On a planet near ours, aliens have built a base for producing antimatter to ensure further colonization. Their opponents attack the planet to destroy the aliens’ base, which, if it explodes, would turn your entire galaxy into one huge black hole. Your task is to save the galaxy from destruction. The aim of the game is to enter the aliens’ base and stop the self-destruct system, which has already been activated. You have five ships (lives).
If your ship breaks apart because it has run out of energy, you must fly in the direction of the arrow to your base to get a new ship. The number beside the arrow shows the distance to the next level, while the number above it shows how much time you have left to complete the task. At the end, you receive a report on how well you played. The game ends if you lose all your ships and cannot return to base, or if you destroy the aliens’ base.
POKEs for two versions:
1. POKE 57107,24
POKE 57108,249
RANDOMIZE USR 48000
2. POKE 56879,52 — infinite lives
POKE 49847,54 — energy does not decreaseB.J.
LOCOMOTION
Arcade game · 9/8 · MASTERTRONIC
Your task is to lay track in front of the locomotive and score as many points as possible. You build it from squares that will take the locomotive from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner. It is best to use green and blue squares for this. Use as many blue squares as possible, as they give you bonus points (they say WATER and COAL). Avoid red squares, because then you lose a locomotive (a life). While you build the track, the locomotive slowly moves forward, so you need to stop it from time to time. You can do this by pressing 0.
After that, a clock starts counting down the seconds, and after one minute the locomotive starts again. Squares you have used turn yellow. Some count twice: they turn purple first, then yellow. You have three locomotives (lives) at your disposal. If you manage to reach the bottom-right corner, the computer will calculate the total points for the elements you used. Pressing a key starts a new game on a new level, which is harder than the previous one. Each level is named after a city. In order, they are: LONDON, PARIS, BRUSSELS, AMSTERDAM...
B.J.
ALIEN HIGHWAY
Arcade game · 8/7 · WORTEX
The aim of this game is similar to that of HIGHWAY ENCOUNTER. The difference is that here, instead of the LASERTRON, you have to move the TERRATRON with a robot through 30 zones. You have only one robot available to complete the task.
Touching an opponent only causes you to lose energy. If you lose all your energy, the game ends. You can replenish your energy at supply stations randomly distributed across the 30 zones. If you find one, you just need to use the robot to move the TERRATRON to it.
The replenishment effect is shown in the bottom-right part of the screen. To get through all the zones, you need to find at least 7 of these stations so that the TERRATRON has maximum power at the end of the game. The game is time-limited.
Unlike in HIGHWAY ENCOUNTER, the TERRATRON can move left and right here, but it must not touch the edge of the road.
POKE 39411,201This makes you invulnerable, making the game easier to complete.
B.J.
ZODIAC STRIP
Erotic game · 10/10 · SUZY SOFT
We very rarely get good games from our own publishers, but this is the best erotic game for the Spectrum so far. The artists have completely exhausted the Spectrum’s graphical capabilities (at least for now), while the author of this program managed to fit ten such pictures into the Spectrum 48K’s very limited memory. After you start the program, a menu appears with the signs of the zodiac, above which there is a picture of a girl.
ZX Joystick: Game Reviews (2)
Fragment 2/5.
Choose your favorite symbol, press ENTER, and the game begins. On the screen is a girl behind a curtain made up of ten parts. Beside her are the numbers 1–42.
The aim of the game is to guess the number your partner has in mind, in five attempts. If you guess the number, one part of the curtain falls; otherwise, the curtain grows, and when it covers the whole girl, your game is over.
When the last part of the curtain falls, two little scraps remain (guess what?).
The only drawback is that you can play the game only using the keyboard: K-left, L-right, and ENTER.
And now for the most important part: the game comes with music, and the girls are easy to beat—unless their naked charm gets the better of you.
č.S.
SUBWAY VIGILANTE
Fighting game · 6/7 · Unknown
Who hasn’t played RENEGADE? This game is 80% similar to it. A few new moves have been added, such as a backward elbow strike and a headbutt.
You fight the underworld mafia, whose members fight with their fists and clubs, or throw knives (there are only 16 of them on the first levels). As in RENEGADE, a boss appears at the end of each level. There are five tough levels.
To start with, I recommend going to the left side of the screen, up against the wall, and holding down FIRE. If someone sneaks up behind you, there’s always your elbow—or your head—to sort things out.
And if a guy with a cudgel comes along, show him a mae geri and he’ll go sprawling in the dust. This trick works in 95% of cases (they do get the other 5% in the end!).
The game is mostly eye candy.
č.S.
SILK WORM
Arcade game · 9/8 · ATLANTIS SOFT
You take control of a helicopter and a ship, and your aim is to fight your way through enemy territory across several (or perhaps even more) levels. Along the way, you’ll be harassed by helicopters, guided missiles, rockets, mines, cannons, tanks, and later, very fast gliders. At the end of each level, a large helicopter appears, taking up half the screen.
You can pick up various weapons along the way, which makes the game even easier. The game is quite well made, but the levels are so similar that it gets boring quickly. It’s easy to play, so on your first try you can get through about ten levels.
č.S.
DIZZY 2
Adventure · 9/8 · CODE MASTER
You are an egg.
First, head left, pick up a crate, and come to a high wall. Stand on the crate and hop over the wall. Cross the bridge and you’ll reach a strange collection of houses. Pick up the essential items (you’ll need them later), including a diving mask (a must). Be careful: the houses are full of egg traps.
If you step on certain spots, a trap will fall on you and you’ll lose a life (and you only have one). Now head all the way back to the right, to the ocean. Get into the water and dive along the bottom (watch out for fish, crabs, jellyfish, etc.). You’ll come across sunken ships, the skeletons of your friends, sailors’ skulls… and so on. Now comes the most interesting—and difficult—part. Find out for yourself! If you’re the nervous type, and DIZZY isn’t for you, you’d better reset the computer and load ZODIAC STRIP.
č.S.
FIRE and FORGET
Arcade simulation · 7/7 · CODE MASTER
The title really lives up to the game: shoot, and forget you ever played it. The game takes place between several wars, and your task is to travel from one to the next, watching the positions—or, rather, making it there alive. Your combat vehicle is fitted with a small-calibre cannon. You have energy, which is replenished by collecting the cones scattered along the road. The vehicle’s maximum speed is 224 miles.
On top of that, the speed at which the game moves is downright ridiculous. If you want to stay alive for a few seconds, drive at minimum throttle. But don’t let that put you off—there’s a trick: floor it and drive on the right side of the screen, and you’ll fly from one war to the next. There are three levels, by the way. Still, I recommend finding a better simulation than this one.
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STREET GRED FOOTBALL <8/9>
At the beginning of the game, you must choose 5 players from the 24 offered to make up your team. Since this is street football, the goalposts are old crates and the goal nets are walls. Houses and walls mark the edge of the playing area, so there are no throw-ins, and after every goal the ball bounces back onto the field.
You can change the duration of the game, the players’ positions, the lighting, and the screen contrast (by changing BORDER, PAPER and INK). There are no fouls or throw-ins.
Choose these players: Jose, Dick, Charlie, Simon and Jesse, if you want to beat the computer 15:0. Otherwise, the opposite usually happens.
č.S.
POWER BOAT SIMULATOR <8/9>
At the beginning, you choose a boat. The game is viewed from above, and two players can play at the same time. You have three lives, energy and five bombs. You also need to collect little circles on the water marked with symbols for energy, lives, bombs and flags. Canoeists, other boats, various islands and other obstacles get in your way.
You get a bonus level after each completed level.
The task is to steer between the glowing buoys. With a little practice, you’ll manage it, and then you’ll earn bonus points too. You don’t lose lives in the bonus level. Then you move on to the next, more difficult level, with more traps. Blind waterways, ramps and so on get in your way. If you find this game difficult, I suggest loading an easier game (SPACE RAIDER).
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VISITORY ROAD <8/8>
As in IKARY WARRIORS, you use a gun and bombs, and you can also get some kind of bazooka (it doesn’t really look like one). The enemies now include devils, who can fly too.
If you pick up a lightning-shaped symbol, an underground tunnel opens, and you have to jump into it. You fight against (MMM...) and have to destroy it (by shooting it senseless)—or say goodbye to your lives.
Now you can also blow up rocks, stones and all the other strange things that appear in front of you in this game.
The game is very difficult. I recommend using our POKE or buying a new joystick. If you play with the keyboard, buy a new membrane. Better still, load something easier of the same kind, for example COMMANDO, IKARY WARRIORS or something similar.
č.S.
MS-PACMEN <10/8>
What can you say about this game? Only that it remains a legend in the world of games. It is the most complete game ever made for arcades and computers. Many versions came after PACMEN, but none achieved the same success (PAC-MANIA, MAD-MAX, PACMEN REVENAGE, etc.). It was used as a promotion in TV shows, newspapers and so on (here, TOP LISTA NADREALISTA).
It has four so-called levels:
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LEVEL: You have to complete it twice.
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LEVEL: On this level, PACMEN and PAC MANIA meet, and a great love is born. You have to complete this level three times.
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LEVEL: This is about escaping from the guards, and you have to complete it four times.
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LEVEL: This is the birth of JUNIOR-PACMEN (in your case, a life).
Once you’ve completed this level five times, consider this game finished and add it to your collection of completed games.
č.S.
POKE-cake HACKER I
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD CODE:POKE 39854,201
20 RANDOMIZE USR 32600Start this program and let the tape run to the beginning of the game. When prompted with LOGON PLEASE:, answer AUSTRALIJA, and you won’t have to show the robot parts during the game.
JACK THE NIPPER II
10 CLEAR 24831:LOAD CODE 16384:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 43251,0:RANDOMIZE USR 34240ELEVATOR ACTION
Block lengths: 192, 6912, 39843, 2048 bytes.
Skip the loader and type the following:
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD CODE:RANDOMIZE USR 23296:RANDOMIZE USR 23313:RANDOMIZE USR 23341:POKE 43134,0:RANDOMIZE USR 20140COP OUT
First skip the loader, then type the following:
10 LOAD CODE 16384:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 400082,0:POKE 40083,0:RANDOMIZE USRFIRST II/A
Skip the loader and type the following:
10 CLEAR 65535:FOR I=6500 TO 65021:READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
20 RANDOMIZE USR 65000
30 DATA 221,33,0,64,17,WEST BANK
Skip the loader and type the following:
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD CODE:LOAD CODE:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 51210,255:RANDOMIZE USR 20140You have 255 lives in the game.
MOTOS
The same applies to skipping the loader in BASIC for this game, so I won’t repeat that in the text from now on.
10 CLEAR 32767:LOAD CODE 16384:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 42241,0:RANDOMIZE USR 32768AGENT ORANGE
Load the loader with MERGE, then type 20 REM 00000 (ENTER), then POKE 23757,83 (ENTER), then type:
20 CLEAR 24999:FOR I=23823 TO 23832:READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
30 DATA 175,50,180,144,61
40 RANDOMIZE USR 23760FLASH GORDON
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD SCREEN$:LOAD CODE
POKE 57175,99
20 INPUT "Starting level:";A:POKE 58256,A-1:POKE
30 POKE 59744,81:RANDOMIZE USR 57120Run this program and answer the question with 1, 2, or 3. If you chose 2 or 3, rewind the tape to the beginning of the corresponding block.
DRUID
10 CLEAR 26880:LOAD SCREEN$:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 28503,0:POKE 31318,0:POKE 30039,0:POKE 32800,0
30 RANDOMIZE USR 28672SHAOLIN'S ROAD
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD CODE:FOR I=23351 TO 23357:READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
20 RANDOMIZE USR 23296
30 DATA 175,50,28,175,195BOMBSCARE
10 CLEAR 27999:LOAD CODE:LOAD CODE 28000:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 56286,0:RANDOMIZE USR 65000BUBBLER
10 CLEAR 24064:LOAD CODE:RANDOMIZE USR 32768:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 57514,12:RANDOMIZE USR 61440SHOCKWAY RAIDER
10 CLEAR 24791:LOAD CODE:LOAD CODE:RANDOMIZE USR 24830:LOAD CODE 16464
20 POKE 46119,0:RANDOMIZE USR 24833ASTERIX
10 CLEAR 24575:LOAD SCREEN$:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 36726,0:POKE 36662,0:RANDOMIZE USRAGENT X
10 CLEAR 24999:LOAD CODE:FOR I=50000 TO 50017:READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I:RANDOMIZE USR
20 DATA 221,33,168,97,17,URIDIUM
10 CLEAR 27389:LOAD SCREEN$:LOAD CODE:POKE 31308,0:RANDOMIZE USR 64848WONDERBOY
10 CLEAR 24575:LOAD CODE 65400
20 FOR I=65458 TO 65464:READ A:POKE I,A:NEXT I
30 RANDOMIZE USR 65400
40 DATA 175,50,58,134,195NIGHTMARE RALLY
After starting the game, press SYMBOL SHIFT and Q simultaneously. You can now drive through any obstacle. Repeat this at the start of each lap.
ZUB
10 CLEAR 24699:LOAD CODE
20 POKE 37473,201:RANDOMIZE USR 56576+USRARMY MOVES
Load the game all the way to the end and press the . key. At the ACCESS CODE? prompt, type:
27351Then let the cassette recorder run. This way, you can also play the second part of the game without having finished the first.
XEVIOUS
POKE 65417,62:POKE 65418,255:POKE 65419,50:POKE 65420,88:POKE 65421,208
(ENTER)
RANDOMIZE USR
(ENTER)ARKANOID
If you lose all your lives in the game, don’t despair.
In the HI-SCORE table, enter this instead of your name:
PBRAINYou can continue the game from where you just left off.
ARKANOID
10 CLEAR 24751:LOAD SCREEN$:LOAD CODE
20 CLS:LOAD CODE 16384:RANDOMIZE USR 24792
30 LOAD CODE 16464:POKE 33702,0:RANDOMIZE USR 24795POKE-prepared by, Brada Jožef,čantivar
Competition
We would like to inform readers of ZX REVIJA that we did not receive enough ballot papers for TOP FIVE 83', so we are extending the voting until 20.09.90. You can see the suggestions for TOP FIVE 83' in the second issue of ZX REVIJA. Now let’s move on to the suggestions for TOP FIVE 84':
- ESTIMATOR RACER (PSION)
- XEVIOUS (U.S.GOLD)
- MOON PATROL (ATARI)
- MOON ALERT (OCEAN)
- VIDEO POOL (OCP)
- FORMULA 1 (CRL)
- FLIPI (WR.AGOSTINI)
- SOHO SEX QUEST (MALAN)
- PI-IN'ERE (AUTOMAT UK)
- XIV BGD-GIMNAZIJA (PANDOVISIJA)
You score them by assigning:
For first place (10 points)
For second place (7 points)
For third place (5 points)
For fourth place (3 points)
For fifth place (1 point)
We’ll accept your ballots ranking the FIRST FIVE of ’84 until ZX REVIJA. NOW RESET YOUR COMPUTER AND LOAD ZX OGLASE!
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