Adventurer #04 31 июля 1996

Игры

Overview - Overview of new products games: Reckles Rofus, Peeking, Pang, Roy of the Royers.

(C) ELF


               (C) NEVER Music



     The events of the past month has once again denied someone 
a long talk about how that income is the new programs from 
abroad have dried up. True, the last emerged with new toys can 
be called a stretch, years of release 19911992, but still it's 
better than nothing. Needless to say, most of the residents

FSU probably already accustomed to receiving foreign 
developments for SPECCY with a delay of 3-4 years. A domestic

Programmers seem to relax, or
I just caught your eye almost nothing's new, except, of course,
"UFO 2. DEVIL OF THE ABYSS," "Solitaire," yes
a few DEMO-version. Well, and
it's not too bad. Better couple to really cool software than a 
whole bunch of "Glitches". There is another interpretation

lull - the majority of creators SOFT'a
sat down to big projects, and rightly so, because come summer - 
vacation time and holidays, and, hence, it is possible and work 
hard 

to create something cool.


             RECKLESS RUFUS


        ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE 1992


     Do not know who and what he RUFUS
needed somewhere to go, no move (walking is a movement called
difficult) to some strange place,
stuffed with scary creatures, but to help him in this difficult 
matter will you. The hero himself - such a small, almost

a harmless creature who can not give
a fitting rebuff to the numerous enemies, yes
besides having a significant benefit
in the movement. The fact that he RUFUS
can only move the blocks, put someone's caring, but harmful
or unreasonable hand. Would be the hand
smarter, it would have provided more of the most
blocks, and then have to live with the deficit. Blocks are 
scattered, not as horrible as 

very tricky, and only a clever (and sometimes
not really) RUFUS can comprehend the mystery of movement on 
them. I also had this come to grips with for the sake of 
writing a normal review of this toy. Tepr closer to the case, 
that is, the rules of the game. As already mentioned above, 
moves RUFUS only on blocks. Very often, these blocks

occur in quantity greater than one, and
then you need to skillfully manage them, and
it, believe me, not very legko.Tak here,
RUFUS rolls from one unit to
another, at the same time, firing pesky enemies that, in 
general, it is almost useless, since they are immediately 
available again. Cartridges come to an end too quickly, in 
general, as well as the time allotted for each level and the 
energy that contributed doomed to death RUFUS'u. True, the 
death of all these evils can be avoided by installing CHEAT 
MODE, generously offered in the loader. So here, there are 
still on the ground 

good people to help the poor little
beings in their difficult lives. Yes, a little
forgot to mention: one of the main
hazards you will be
blocks, whose action on RUFUS'a can
only know personally set foot on them, and then realized that 
doing this still did not cost. But the main task - to collect 
all diamonds (or something like diamonds) on the

each level. RUFUS apparently decided to get rich, but nothing 
comes easily, and each diamond has to extract intelligence and 
cunning. So at the end of the game, most of these qualities you 
probably do not remain. What can you do, that's life. 


             SOUND 95%

             GRAPHICS 90%

             Playability 95%



                 PEKING


            DAVE SANDERS 1991


     Well, you have the name of the creator of this
program did not cause any agreeable
memories? No? Well then let me remind -
it is the same man who made
very popular some time ago
toy "STACK UP". I think most
people with SPECTRUM, saw it and played day and night, trying 
to break another record. Well, "PEKING" is a worthy successor 
to the glory that got in his time "STACK UP". No

Do not think that this is another "tetrisoobraznaya" toy. Here 
the idea is quite another, but without the clever logic

Here, too, can not do. For those who saw
on an IBM program "DRAGON EYE", does not take much to 
understand the rules game as "PEKING" almost too

thing (or vice versa?). But for the rest
GOVERNMENTAL little talk about the game because
the first time to understand all quite difficult. After 
selecting the control and you start to open rather unusual at 
first glance, the picture is: a lot different blocks, the 
decomposed layers, one another. Your goal is, indeed, almost

unattainable. Needs to be done so that the
screen, not a single unit. Themselves
They are, of course, will not disappear,
but they can be written off, having a very good
vision and a lot of crazy. As you can see on the screen, there 
is also an arrow, and also a number of identical

blocks (each block has a pair). Here
this is what will help you cope with the problem, and may 
finally lose vision. The fact that the same blocks are written 
off, but only those that can be pulled to the right or left and 
pick up up. That is, if you want it

do you have nothing prevented. On
first glance everything is very simple, but not here
it was. To play a bit you realize that
incorrect sequence of moves
lead to the fact that their (running) at all
no longer remain at the existing units.
There is also little nuances - you can write off the blocks 
with different images, but are in one group, for example,

blocks depicting the various seasons. For the players, not too 
bothered themselves invention there is a hint the next move in 
the menu with the image scroll. Also in this menu, you can do

many more useful things, such as: go back a few moves backward 
/ forward look at the lower layers of blocks, which usually 
does not happen can be seen to change position from which you 
look at a whole bunch of blocks, see all the groups of blocks, 
pause and exit from the game. Here's a toy here. To be honest: 
I've never cleaned all the blocks to the end. I hope that 
readers kogonibud it still happens. 



             SOUND 60%

             GRAPHICS 70%

             Playability 85%



                  PANG


               OCEAN 1991


     Programs produced by OCEAN
seldom disappoint us. "PANG" not
is no exception. Although, of course,
which side to look. Fans of games,
which must sometimes think, can immediately
miss this program past its collection. But those who nravyatsya 
toys with lots of prizes, primitivnenkoy logic and good 
graphics will appreciate this game dignity. Of course, we all 
love sometimes relieve stress after a hard day, and

"PANG" here will serve a good service.
Goal of the game is described by three or four
proposals at the beginning of the program, but
for those who are weak in English,
I will explain. You will travel through
seventeen countries to reach the point
destination. All travel is composed of
breaking countless balls
ditch, which seems to have a firm decision not to allow you to 
reach your destination. The balls are destroyed in this way: 
First you get out of his arms a large ball, it flies in the two 
smaller ones, if it enters into any of these two, they also 
split into two more small. But when the balls become very

small, one hit kills them.
It sometimes happens that hitting a ball is knocked out of him 
some strange object. Its effect almost immediately becomes 
clear after taking. Prizes such very much. Here are just a few 
of them: freeze the balls in the air for some

time, you get a cool new weapon
invulnerability, and so much more. Action
game takes place against a background of fairly good
scanned images, which vary
during the transition to the next level. Must
noted that the route that you are moving from country to 
country, made an extremely irrationally. In this case you will 
be able to 

sure, looking at the map. Is that
a guided tour, albeit without
special amenities. There is another nice feature - a game 
together, that much more interesting to play as one

virtually impossible. When playing alone
There is one slight difference: the pleasant music that 
accompanied your single fighting stops, as soon as the partner 
enters the game. But do not worry, the effects of "PANG" too 
bad. 


             SOUND 80%

             GRAPHICS 90%

             Playability 75%



             ROY OF THE ROVERS


           GREMLIN GRAPHICS 1992


     It seems that the firm decided GREMLIN
to please the most, releasing this
program. The fact that, in essence,
acquiring "ROY OF THE ROVERS" we get the program of two genres: 
hodilkuquest, as well as a football simulator. Both These 
programs dovolono bad for execution, but both have a "small" 
flaw - the images of characters. They are drawn (or rather 
transferred from another computer with almost no processing) is

bad, although everything else looks pretty good. After reading 
these words, many probably doubted: "Why, after all

"GREMLIN GRAPHICS" has long been famous for its awesome 
graphics (remember the "HERO QUEST "," SHADOW OF THE BEAST ")" 
What's You can say, apparently, the firm or haste in the 
issuance programs plus or money 

payment of the artists she did not have. This, of course, 
spoils the gaming experience. It should be noted that the 
animation looks good. True lovers

quest'ov, type "NIGHT RUN" and "CEASE FIRE",
I think, do not give a toy without a stale
movement for a long time.

     So, what you need at this time
Investigate? Some strange circumstances led all players in the 
football team "MELCHESTER ROVERS" disappear. You are either a 
manager, then Does a player, or simply a detective and,

of course, have to figure out what happened to the team. 
However, here there is a slight problem - the time before the 
match there are not too many, and players who are ready to 
enter the field, too. But this does not scare you, full power 
and ideas. But if Still the idea of ​​coming to an end, you can 
see a clue that will cost you several points. Oh, and navigate 
through various menu keys 

"1" - "4". Residents of the town in which you
were not always friendly set, but if they smile, they can 
provide something useful. Dirty teeth as you know, do not 
contribute to good smile, so sometimes you have them

clean. The game has humor,
Specifically, in conversations with the townspeople. But not
panic, great knowledge of English
language you are not required. In general, the game
You can configure one of the proposed
early language, unfortunately, the Russian was not among them. 
When you are able to find all players, you will be prompted to 
play football, that is not very easy. One consolation in

football, you can practice by choosing
beginning of the game click "SOCCER".


             SOUND 80%

             GRAPHICS 50%

             Playability 75%