Adventurer #05 30 ноября 1996

Игры

Review - O new programs: Narc, The Hundred, Heavy Metal Mover, Quick Draw McGraw, Iice Climber (Climber), Super Cars, Lode Runner 3, Down Town, land of myths, Gremlin 2 , Sword of Bane, Turbo Skate Fighter, Assault Course, Mercs, Darkman. Ten of the best games.

 (C) Fedorov, "Chasm" Vladimir


     Well, it's time to a new survey. Today I want to introduce 
you These are some new toys that

appeared in our city. Recently
Time magazine you are reading outside of the Yaroslavl region 
(judging by readers' letters), and so some programs that I will 
represent as new, you might well have been not only see but 
also all their pass. Also, I I will try to objectively assess 
the quality of performance and interesting programs. And if the 
game is not interesting, then I do not truthfully, and write - 
the game is stuffy. 

Of course, this is my subjective opinion, but I think that 
after eight years of dealing with the Speccy, I saw more than 
one thousand games and I have something to compare.



                  NARC


         OCEAN, SALES CURVE 1990


     Rear shot rang out. I quickly
turned around and sat down. I ran to the man
in the cloak in his hands he had a shotgun. Far he could not 
run - it has fallen forward, cut the queue of the faithful M16.

But it was too early to settle down - out the door
nearest building dumped a whole shobla
his cronies. Would be queue at all and I did not have fired the 
grenade. There was a massive explosion, and at different hand 
flew arms, legs and head - all that remains of my opponents ...


     These are the scenes you can see
Download this biting the toy. I have long since
do not put off by playing shooter. Demon
controversial, it is one of the coolest games
Style Action, ever issued for the
Speccy.

     You (alone or with a friend, because
game has a game mode alone) acts as a Special Forces soldier on
combating drug trafficking. You have been assigned to defeat a 
network of distributors gandubasa, kreksa and other drugs, to 
crush the underground factory producing powder uproot grass 
plantations (in passing firing security guards) and, finally,

deal with the boss of this business.
There are no limitations, so the blood flows like water, 
exploding cars, standing on roadsides, from shots of your rifle 
dies all living things (including get underfoot

dogs).

     The game is to be commended and
recommended for all. Mars the impression of
only monochrome graphics (though it
maybe for the better - think Shadow Warriors) and a Ping moving 
objects, the truth is more than com compensated for by the 
ability to manipulate with all things gaming space (garbage 
bins flying and exploding cars). 

             AUDIO 100%

             GRAPHICS 100%

             Playability 99%

From redaktora: I would not recommend this
game for young children ...



             SWORDS OF BANE


         CCS, ASTROS PRODUCTIONS


     Strategy. The game is made in the spirit
firm CCS. If you have played SAMURAI, then
will have a complete picture of this
game, as it was designed by the same firm - ASTROS. Downloading 
a game, you can choose one of three scenarios.

Next, you will be prompted to define your
skill levels and choose his troops.
Compared with SAMURAI, several players
was added - if you have previously ruled
an army of medieval
Japanese warriors, now at your disposal magicians, giants, 
knights, dragons and other vermin.



     Find year this game I do not
failed, but digging in the game, I
observed traces of the compiler, from which it can
conclude that the logical block is written on the game BASIC'e 
- Latency in this program does not take away.



             SOUND 20%

             GRAPHICS 50%

             Playability 70%



           TURBO SKATE FIGHTER


           ZEPPELIN GAMES 1989


     By downloading this game, you will have the
chance to participate in races, but not on
cars, and roller skating.
If you honestly say - this is not the
best program of this genre, which
I've seen. As far as I can judge, the release of this game, 
based on its next 1990 release ZEPPELIN GAMES GO-KART 
SIMULATOR, which is quite a long time came to our country. If 
you ever drive cards in this game, then

you probably quickly learn and rollers. By the way, in these 
races is absolutely no rules and you away with even pushes 
opponents in the back.



             SOUND 20%

             GRAPHICS 70%

             Playability 70%

               GREMLINS 2


             TOPO SOFT 1990


     The game is made based on the same
film. In principle, an ordinary shooter, whose purpose is to 
destroy brood bad gremlins. The game contains 6

levels that you have to go,
applying the wonders of Agility (even CHEAT
MODE finish the game quite difficult). At the end of
each level you will find a thing
you need to take and, going into the elevator, move to the next 
level. Graphics in play at the level (as in all Spanish

games), and the rest - with a beer (3.2 liters
necessary) to cope.


     Also, it should be noted that the game
principle, is not so new and has long been imported into the 
CIS. But in the version of hacked Polish hackers, there was no 
menu, select Control, and the game has already been selected 
cursor joystick, that personally in my opinion quite 
uncomfortable. 


             SOUND 50%

             GRAPHICS 95%

             Playability 70%



                  MERCS


         US GOLD, CAPCOM USA 1991


     Another shooter, pretty solidly made. You will have hot 
massacre a life and death. Set of enemy soldiers, armored 
vehicles, tanks and helicopters - and you are one (or maybe a 
friend) shoot in different hand, smashing the enemy and 
destroying all around. You are in the shoes of a soldier from

Special Forces and you have to carry out various missions, in 
which conventional military units can not accept participation. 
In the end you have to release the presidential plane, which 
captured terrorists. So do not miss necessary.



     But with all of these spoil the overall impression of the 
pros small details: the levels too short, although the graphics 
and color; but sometimes because of this parishsya looking for 
a place to go. 

     If you have a disc version SEAMANS '
MAGIC SOFT, then the CHEAT MENU invoked by pressing CAPS SHIFT.


             SOUND 70%

             GRAPHICS 95%

             Playability 90%



               THE HUNDRED


             X-MASTERS 1996


     It seems that domestic programmers
haunt nude female Teles.
The first bird was tag, but HUNDRED
continues this tradition and, moreover, is not the best way. I 
do not know, maybe at view the domestic game-makers, the type of

naked women stimulates brain activity, but personally I 
pornographic pictures disgusting quality of a nuisance. In my 
opinion, if it really itch, it is better to insert cassette 
with porn in the VCR, and not to make serious games in the 
manual novice masturbator.


     Well, something I digress. The game is a remake of a 
fairly common game, "Weaving," for which I spent not a stuffy 
lecture at the institute. You to go through thirty levels, which

rye alternate converted to the PC
pictures depicting a rather nice
women. With the deepening of the game, nude models in the 
pictures more and more until it rolls to a trivial pornography. 
Music in the game, it does not Regrettably, tear out "ECHOLOGY 
MEGADEMO". If your are not paying attention, then the game was 
done fairly well and can be recommended for fans of puzzle 
games. 


             SOUND 00%

             GRAPHICS 30%

             Playability 90%

            HEAVY METAL MOVER


             UCM GROUP 1996


     Another product of domestic programmers, and again the 
logic. The principle of the game is not new - you need to move 
part of the picture, broken into nine parts. Moving is both 
horizontally and vertically in blocks of three parts of the 
picture until the picture is not yet take an initial look. In 
principle, nothing original (as far as I remember the first 
time this idea was implemented on the Speccy in a Polish demo - 
there had to move part of narisovanogo drive), but Still nice 
to look again at 



cute heart pictures of your favorite albums
groups. The game is quite complicated for an honest
passage, and the authors even in the loader
(By pressing the appropriate keys) give
recommendations for the passing game.


            SOUND 70%

            GRAPHICS 95%

            Playability 80%



            QUICK DRAW McGRAW


      HiTEC SOFTWARE, TWILIGHT 1990


     Beautiful and outrageously stupid game
in the genre of Action. The plot is about the pursuit of the 
roof the train does not leave alone creators

games for the Speccy. Once again, someone
escapes, and various bad guy diligently prevented it from doing 
so. So in this game, someone McGRAW runs on cars, trying to get 
to the engine. Arriving at last to cherished goal, he finds 
himself the main bad guy, who was safely

Go Large. After that, all with minor variations, is repeated. 
Because of the stupidity of the story and beautiful graphics 
the game is recommended for children under 10 years of age. 


             SOUND 80%

             GRAPHICS 95%

             Playability 95%



         ICE CLIMBER (MOUNTAINEER)


             VDV SOFT 1996


     After playing enough in DENDY, Russian coders seem to have 
decided to do the conversion from this platform (remember the 
numerous BATTLE CITY). ICE CLIMBER also comes with a "beloved 
and play" consoles. The game moved almost

unchanged, suffered only graphics - it was black and white.

     What can I say about this game? For
those who have not seen it on DENDY, explained:
Common arcade goal to idiocy
simple - prolamyvayas ceilings floors, climb to the top, where 
the player will 



prize level. The higher the level, the
more obstacles met on the road playing. The game is built CHEAT 
MODE, which allows you to set infinite lives. 


             SOUND 80%

             GRAPHICS 50%

             Playability 95%

                DARKMAN


          OCEAN, TWILIGHT 1991


     Often, during his stay, the firm engaged in the production 
OCEAN games, made of On a plot of famous films. This is a game 
of the same series - it was done based on

Movie DARKMAN (MAN OF DARKNESS). At the end of
eightieth OCEAN made a name for itself
similar games (ROBOCOP, BATMAN, etc.)
but by the early nineties, the genre has produced many mediocre 
craft, it is not appropriate plot Movies - DARKMAN from this 
sorry list. After watching this movie the other day and

then download the game, I absolutely could not
remember where in the course of the story (and, moreover, in
beginning of the tape - as the first level
game), the protagonist had to fend off crowds of thugs and, 
moreover, still to get underfoot of dogs. I understand

ROBOCOP 3 - it was released simultaneously with
film, but the same game was released Th
A year after the release of same title picture?

     But not all that bad. If you close
eye on the lack of plot, the toy can be quite nice to play. Of 
course, this does not TARGET RENEGADE, but I'm happy faces 
filled a few Gopnik, which prevented my further advancement. 
Since the game is not CHEAT'a, then on the first level I was 
held in scrap. So, what's next - to learn

have you yourself (of course, provided
that you'll play in this toy).


             SOUND 80%

             GRAPHICS 80%

             Playability 80%



                SUPER CARS


               GREMLIN 1990


     At first glance, igra is not of itself is nothing 
remarkable - ordinary race, a top view. Similar games quite a 
lot. But priigravshis, you begin to notice small differences 
from the other games. After each race you will be charged

a certain number of prize money (depending on what position you 
have come to the finish) and you visit the store, you can buy 
for your car different pribabah, including even a missile to 
destroy unwanted competitors. If denezhek accumulated a little 
more, then you are quite can change his wheelbarrow on the more 
powerful. 

     First tracks you may seem
very light, but during the game, when you
climb higher and higher, and opponents
also do not stand still and equip their

cars with the latest technology,
come to the finish line first becomes
complicated. In short, for all its
the outward simplicity of the game captures and commendable.


             SOUND 90%

             GRAPHICS 95%

             Playable 100%



              ASSAULT COURSE


               PREMIER 1990


     Do you like peck on the keyboard,
chasing athletes SUPER TEST? If YES,
this game is for you! You have to get used to the skin cadet 
special schools for the preparation of special agent. And this 
means that instructors will be merciless to you - you'll "fly" 
as a greenhorn, staptyvaya boots on the obstacle course. 
Playfully fingering fingers and pushing the fire in time, you

needed in time to bring the student to finish, and then will be 
the next band, but for It is another ...


    Game lovers can recommend
play the guitar or piano as a workout for your fingers.


             SOUND 90%

             GRAPHICS 90%

             Playability 20%

              LODE RUNNER 3


           BIOTECH SOFTWARE 1995


     Good old RUNNER, this time went into space. Here, of 
course, not without our boys. Using built-in level editor and 
some redrawn graphics, the guys from BIOTECH SOFTWARE sent the 
poor to the middle of nowhere, namely in space. Now RUNNER'u 
not to gold - he fights for his life, collecting air bubbles.


     Drastic changes in the game did not change - the same 75 
levels, however, After each sixth level you will have the 
opportunity to collect all the air safely be poymanym. As 
already mentioned, the game changed some elements 

Graphics and constructed new levels.
In my opinion, the benefit is not a matter -
fascinated by the external design, the authors
sometimes forget the main goal of the game.


             SOUND 50%

             GRAPHICS 90%

             Playability 50%



               DOWNTOWN


      ATLANTIS, SHAW BROTHERS 1991


     New York. City awash
Crime. As you found out from their
informers, blame Marlon Raffia. These
as snitches inform you that the city
hidden four parts photos, jeopardize the godfather. You decide
get this shot and arrested the ringleader
Mafia. But there it was! In Marlon
a lot of accomplices, and you shoot
for every angle. Bred by sewage
(There is less fire), you bump into
tied girl. Wishing you and the police can not take advantage of 
her helplessness, still unleash it, and she thanks indicates 
where quarters is required you pictures. After receiving a 
treasured piece, operation with the girls (all three) repeats. 
Finally, the complete picture you have in 

hands and you go to the office of a scoundrel. But he did not
napping and cooked a big gun. All
solve the reaction. BANG-BANG and your breathless
corpse falls to the feet of ugly laughing
villain. Curtain! Here you will not Hollywood
so today, happy ending will not ...

     The game is a blend of shooter and a labyrinth. Graphics 
made in typical style SHAW BROS. What else can I say? Oh yeah! 
On circuits of the climb not only possible but necessary. From 
the drains can climb the stairs and go down it can not. In the 
building go through the door and leave by the arrow. The 
direction to search for pictures, after the liberation of 
hostages, indicated at the bottom of the screen. Elevators 
travel not only in upwards, but downwards. If you do not use

CHEAT, then we can die. Everything!


             SOUND 50%

             GRAPHICS 80%

             Playability 90%



              LAND OF MYTHS


              FANTASY 1995


     Alteration of games from other platforms is fraught with 
repetition: remember numerous COLOR LINES and BATTLE CITY. This 
game also suffered a similar fate. The plot is put the game 
KING'S BOUNTY 2 IBM PC. Playing with the same name does not

It has recently been released for SPECCY guys from Chelyabinsk, 
if you saw it, then have a basic understanding of the game

Land of myths. Aims and interface with these games
similar. Well what can we say about this game?
Genre - DUNGEONS 'DRAGONS, opportunity
select one of eight characters (the
Everyone has different characteristics), a lot of animation, 
pretty Funny text insertion. 

     For obvious disadvantages include a very
stifling the download mode only
of 256 kV, the total absence of sound and
stolen sprites heroes (from HEROES OF

THE LANCE).

     If you like KB2, then I strongly advise you to play in the 
land of myths, because there is all that was in the Chelyabinsk 
version, plus many other different bloat.



             SOUND 00%

             GRAPHICS 80%

             Playability 90%



     And finally - the best desyatochka
games, drawing with your letters and
survey of buyers in the market.


         01. UFO 2 v2.10

         02. LASER SQUAD + 7 levels

         03. LAST BATTLE

         04. FORMULA ONE MANAGER

         05. NARC

         06. TANK WAR

         07. SPACE CRUSADE 128

         08. BONE-POKER

         09. Solitaire

         10. SUPER CARS


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