KrNews #09 18 мая 1999

Игры

Glance - Vzglya from the platform: the soft'e: MONSTR LAND, QUADRAX, BOOVIE 2, HOMER SIMPSON IN RUSSIA.

           VIEWS FROM THE PLATFORM



  (C) KASP'99


  Hello. With your new column "view from
platforms. "Before I start talking about
softe, I would like to say something. First. I would like to 
apologize to those anyone reading this article voskiknet: "But

Information outrageously outdated! "And it will be
absolutely right. The fact that this
article has been published in
eighth edition of the publication, but for reasons beyond my 
control it was not hit. And finally the second. How I would 
like this did not want to, but you have to click cry

for help. HELP KILL TRIP THAT
DOES NOT OPERATE NORMALLY ON KrNews
Waitovyh companies. This vicious beast here
for eight rooms in this
Publication makes the different diversions in
result of which become impossible to read text and listen to 
music simultaneously. Until now, attempts to date destroy this 
beast no to no avail. Much the same yet we tolerate his antics. 
What they think of us progressive Europe when he learns that 
the Krasnodar electronic edition incorrectly working on the 
"Krasnodar". Not only as it will make a discussion on the UN. 
And if our city after that will not destroy a

Chief shame of humanity, we still
can not be washed from the "dirt", which will lead us all the 
advanced tools media, for ever and ever. Over

we will laugh even Bill Gates. So
Let us not allow this and work together
efforts to catch malicious Gluck and betray his public 
execution in front of all progresivnoy Europe. To our 
publication did not put on a par with intel inside and the 
windows-95 or 98. To Bill Gates choked with anger litsezreya

perfect in all respects, the work
KrNews all izestnyh companies. To
all the famous people fought among themselves
for the right to give the interiors of our newspaper. So that 
we can be proud that it is in our city is available is an 
electronic edition. And I believe victory will be ours.

URA COMRADES!

  Now that being said, we return to our sheep. Today we'll talk 
about four software products: "MONSTERLAND", "Homer Simpson in 
Russia", "QUADRAX" and "BOOVIE2". 

  The first two games represented the fruit of labor of 
domestic programmers, that's twice as nice. A third and Four 
were created in Poland or the Czech Republic (not sure). So we 
consider first of them: "MONSTERLAND".


  In the process of familiarization with the program seemed to 
me that she was distantly gamelike "KING'S BOUNTY 2, but

only vaguely. And so it is
of a hodilku-rpg cross
terrain along the way to kill any
monsters and get hold weapons. With some characters you can 
lead a casual conversation and learn different things such as 
magic spells. To be honest of the four available levels I could 
not pass the first, even with cheat'om, although cheat'om was 
much further. Therefore, I can not say anything

particularly interesting about this game.
Maybe I'm just missing something in a conversation with someone 
of the characters, made that something is wrong or vice versa 
something is did not know and have probably never

do not know, because I have already given up this game product 
and start it from the beginning, the I have no desire. In 
general, for Truth to tell the creators of this game could

would not eject from the game a very
nice feature called "recall", which was a demo version of the 
game. Well, those people are all the same will be able to

get this game honor and praise, and those who
wants to write a description and then for
through his anonymous fame with the help of our newspaper, 
what-are welcome, we will be happy. 

  Summary: Very nice toy for the amateur, with good graphics 
and a very deep meaning (I did and could not

understand). And most importantly, it works fine on machines 
and waitovyh almost no glitches (I'm talking about

because one glitch I found, even in the corrected version. It 
is this: if you kill a monster from a distance, the game is 
reset). 

  The second program in our present
survey called the "Homer Simpson in Russia, and belongs to the 
category DIZZY-like games, only satellite view ... No, the 
satellite is too high. Form, with hung low flying saucer ... 
There. You control the Homer Simpson. Exemplary citizen and a 
good father of the family, who one fine day all tired and 
decided to specifically zabuhat. But ... (As always, it 
prevents NO). He did not know the recipe of vodka and decided 
to fill this gap. That's actually the whole point of the game. 
You have to know a secret brew, cook it and "slightly" drunk

something blow up. The game has all sorts of bells and whistles 
that I will not tell you, you'll see for yourself. I only say 
that the owners of machines with more memory, 128KB enjoy the 
bells and whistles to a greater extent than others. Well, what 
else to say. The game has beautiful graphics, good music and 
good coding (I judging by the smoothness of movement and the 
correctness of the characters, (you just do not think that I 
admired him by STSa or some other

available tools). Another thing ... Ah, yes.
Now, the attitude towards our own
speaking rubric can report that at
"Krasnodar" this program works
normal ... what's the normal, well
work. In the game itself neither I nor my friends could not 
find neither any glitches. The only little glitch I found

menu, select Control, which consists in the fact that sometimes 
the front part manipulated by changing the menu does not follow 
the back and it creates some inconvenience when selecting an 
interface everything else OK.


  Summary: This product is an outstanding representative of 
logical Games do not have (I hope that this is a temporary 
phenomenon) analogues on the Spectrum. A good graphics, neat 
sound effects and the presence in the game, a large share of 
humor makes it a very attractive terms of playability. This 
game will be appreciated by many gamers. But if would-in the 
game has provided opportunity for shipments, it generally can 
be assume an ideal representative of the new

genre Spectrum'e.

  Finally, we turn to classical logic games. And here are the 
brightest representatives and the game: "QUADRAX" and 
"BOOVIE2". You may ask: Why Classics? Yes, because these games 
have appeared Long before there were logical advenyury such 
DIZZY. They were at the origins of not only the Spectrum, but 
other platforms. And these software products to

my opinion is one of ludshe
representatives of this genre. I would say
they represent a new generation of games of this genre, and 
certainly during IMPROVED all respects. The meaning of the 
first of these game is to save two

men, holding them from input to output, paving their way one by 
one or with each other (which is very

highly developed sense of mutual support)
moving the different blocks, riding on the elevators, and 
sometimes even teleporting from place in place. At first 
glance, it seems pretty simple, but it is not

so. With the passage of the levels it becomes more and more 
difficult, and in one wonderful moment you notice that you 
think the strategy of a Level not less than an hour, and 
strategies are no and no. In general, the creators of the 
levels of this game is well done, with a meticulously thought 
out levels, which sometimes begin to believe that this one 
level just impassable. And when did you pass it, it just amazed 
how All there seems to be easy.


  The second game in the sense of this-just as
the first, but here a certain creature
obscure racial affiliation is trying to smuggle a white stone 
from the input to output, and so, ahead, through the

all levels. Naturally, the way it
is not easy, because unlike
"QUADRAX", he is alone. No help, no one save. All accounts
do yourself: move the stone blocks, ride on the elevators and 
even teleport, compromising their cellular structure (remember 
the movie "The Fly"). 

  Summary: These games are just a great gift for those who like 
to stretch at least sometimes its convolutions, so that they 
become more tortuous. And those who prefer some

desired game, just not logical, can
these games are not even shipping. The work of these
programs wait'ovyh companies can say one thing, they are well 
on their work without expressing any dissatisfaction with

their part. In conclusion I would like-
offer you all the codes of these
great games, so you can fully appreciate the quality graphics 
and complexity levels (codes and explanations to me

kindly helped to make Nik-O).


  So:


                QUADRAX.



    CLAUD OBRAZ DAMME RIEKA ABBBD

    MATUS KOPGC POZOR WORLD KMRTP

    ATLAS QUEEN KABAT TEHLA JHCKN

    SPINA POHAR SLOVO KAKAO ZYXQW

    DIODA ULTRA * VYTAH * PRSTY ALKLA

    ISAAK STROM KOMIN FERDO AMRAK

    HLAVA HOBIT PARIS QADER RAMRA

    CONAN LAMPA KAMEN MAKSY JURRR

    PEKLO ROXET ZOMRI KOCKA QWYXX

    ZYXTY MBHLR FINTA COMOP


   * - Too clever level at first

       may seem opaque and
       sary.


            The Office: (define keys)


   AKTIVACIA - fire DOPRAVA-right

   DOLE - vnizDOLAVA - left

   HORE - up PREPINAK - choice



                 BOOVIE2.



         1. EROGON 21. BUDVAR

         2. STREAK 22. XOROSH

         3. BINHEX 23. DEMENT

         4. SENSOR 24. CONDOM

         5. SOFTIS 25. TAMPAX

         6. QWERTY 26. FILTER

         7. MAGICS 27. MOSCOW

         8. COMPUT 28. RAREGU

         9. NATURE 29. ZLASKY

         10. KOKOTG 30. BORDEL

         11. RESIST 31. WAGINA

         12. QUARTZ 32. PLECHY

         13. SIBGLE 33. FUCKON

         14. PRADLO 34. SHLUPY

         15. SMRCKS 35. MAKEUP

         16. KESZEL 36. SPACEX

         17. ANEZUR 37. BRUSLE

         18. AZURIT 38. PIRATE

         19. FUNTOP 39. KOSTEJ

         20. ADIDAS 40. EXUSSR