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TEXT: VOROZHKIN ALEXANDER  
PUBLISHING HOUSE PETER, 199Z  
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CURRENT NUMBER OF GAMES 
OUTPUT PROGRAMS FOR ZX-SPECTRUM SOFTWARE 
VARIOUS ESTIMATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PASSED - 
LONGER TEN THOUSAND. SO YOU DON'T TURN 
IT'S EARLY IN THIS SEA OF PROGRAMS  
OR THE DESIRE OF RA ARISES LATE 
DIVIDE GAMES ACCORDING TO SOME DEFINITION 
LINE SIGNS. WE WILL NOT BE FROM 
GET A BIKE AND USE 
I AM A CLASSIFICATION WHICH IS DAVID- 
BUT IT EXISTS IN THE WEST. IT'S PRO 
STAAND IT’S COMFORTABLE AND IT’S HELD - 
THERE ARE POPULAR MAGAZINES LIKE 
SINCLAIR USER AND YOUR SINCLAIR.  
  
ADVENTURE (TEXT)  
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THE MOST 'ANCIENT', BUT NOT AT ALL AWESOME 
THE CURRENT GENRE OF COMPUTER GAMES. 
HE WAS NAMED BY PE 
ROY GAMING COMMERCIAL PROG- 
ADVENTURE FRAMES (WHAT IS IN TRANSLATION 
IN ENGLISH MEANS 'STICKED- 
READING').IN ITS ESSENCE THIS IS TEX- 
TOP GAMES THAT OFTEN HAVE VERY  
INTERESTING AND TWISTING STORIES 
COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMPUTER IN THEM BE- 
CHILDREN IN DIALOGUE MODEAND, ESTES- 
TVENLY, IN ENGLISH, THAT  
ATTRACTS SOME DESIRING RAYS -  
HERE TO STUDY THE LANGUAGE, AND VICE VERSE, LEAVE 
KEEPS OTHERS WHO DO NOT GET GOOD WITH INOS 
TERNAL.                        
IT IS NOT CHARACTERISTIC FOR THESE PROGRAMS 
PROBABLE QUANTITY USED - 
OUR OBJECTS, EACH OF WHICH 
YOU HAVE TO TAKE, CHECK, PY-  
PLEASE USE SOMEWHERE - 
REMOVE AND TRY TO FIND AGAIN 
IT IS USED. A LOT OF CONCERNS AND WITH 
GAME SPACE: QUANTITY 
HALLS, PECHERS, CORRIDORS, STAIRS -  
SIC, ROOMS, WHERE YOU NEED TO VISIT, MO 
CAN REACH SEVERAL TEN- 
KOV, OR EVEN HUNDREDS. SO VERY  
AND VERY USEFUL IN ADVENTURE - 
GAMES ABILITY TO LOGICALLY THOUGHT- 
FLOOD AND ACCEPT NON-STANDARD  
SOLUTIONS. THE FIRST GAMES OF THE ADVEN GENRE 
TURE WERE ALMOST DEprived  
GRAPHICS AND SOUND: 
IT APPEARED MUCH LATER, BUT  
HIS ROLE AS WAS THE REMAINING  
SECONDARY.Major- 
STYLE OF PROGRAMS OF THIS GENRE ALLOW 
PLEASE SAVE ON MAGNETIC FILM 
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE GAME AND PRO 
CONTINUE IT FROM THIS POINT IN  
NEXT TIME.IF YOU ARE ONLY OS 
YOU WORK ON SPECCY, THEN  
MOST LIKELY TO GIVE PREFER 
NO GAMES OF OTHER GENRES. BUT PASS 
LET FOR SOME TIME AND REVERSE -  
GOING TO ADVENTURE PROGRAMS,  
YOU WILL APPRECIATE AND  
NOT HOBBIT AND SHERLOCK AND RETURN  
THEN OZ, OR MAYBE YOU CREATE  
AND SOMETHING OWN IN THIS AVAILABLE  
FOR BEGINNERS  
COMPUTER GAME GENRE.         
  
ARCADE (ARCADE)  
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THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON 
THE FAVORITE AND FAVORITE GENRE OF ARCADE GAMES  
GAMES DIFFERENT FROM ADVENTURE 
NAH, THE HERO CAN BE SEEN ON THE SCREEN - 
NOT AND CONTROL IT WITH NO COMMANDS 
AND USING A JOYSTICK OR KEYPAD  
VISH, WHICH IS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT. USUALLY 
AVAILABLE IN GAMES OF THIS GENRE  
ANY GLOBAL GOAL (NAY- 
THE TREASURES, MIN THE VRA-  
HARD CENTER, FREED PRINCESS 
SU, ETC.) AND NECESSARY, COLLECTING ONCE- 
PERSONAL ITEMS AND SKILLFUL USE- 
WITH THEM, WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.   
SCORE IS NOT USUALLY KEPT IN THE GAME,  
ONLY THE END RESULT IS IMPORTANT 
STORIES UNDERLYING THE MOST 
STYLE OF ARCADE PROGRAMS, USUALLY  
QUITE COMPLEX, GAME EASY 
AWARENESS MAY BEHUGE AND 
VERY CONFUSED (HITROSPLANE- 
NIA OF LABYRINTHS, ROOMS).RULE- 
THE PATH IS DETERMINED BY METHOD  
TRIAL AND ERROR AND ARCADE GAMES 
YOU CAN PLAY HARD FOR MONTHS,  
ADVANCED EVERYTHING  
ON AND ON, WALKING INTO THE TUPI 
KI, COMING BACK.                 
QUITE COMMON ARCADE GAMES  
REQUIRES MAPS AND INFORMATION  
THERE ARE A LOT OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE 
NUMERICAL OBJECTS. BUT BELIEVE 
, THIS DOESN'T POOR THE PERFORMANCE AT ALL -  
BENEFITS FROM MANY DISCOVERIES 
WHICH WAIT FOR YOU IN SUCH GAMES 
LIKE DIZZY, EVERYONES'S AND WALLY,  
PYJAMARAMA.                     
  
ACTIONS (ACTION)  
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THE NAME OF THIS GENRE TRANSLATES - 
SIA AS 'ACTION', BUT IN RUSSIAN  
NAME THE GAMES OF THE GENRE MORE ACCURATELY 
ACTINS ACTION OR SHOOTING - 
MI. THESE ARE THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR  
TO THE PLAYER - ACCURACY, COMPLEXITY, RE- 
ACTION, AND THE MAIN GOAL IS TO RAID, 
FLY, SHOOT MORE POINTS 
TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVES  
THIS GENRE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS SUCH 
PROGRAMS LIKE CYBER RATS, GALAX- 
IANS,LIGHT FORCE.U PROGRAM-BOYVIKOV MANY PASSIONATE POC-  
LONNIKOV. TRUE, MOST OF THEM  
THEY ARE SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO BO 
LEAVING MORE SERIOUS GAMES  
SHOOTING IN YOUR GAME LIQUIDS AS 
PLEASANT MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD 
OR AS A GREAT TOOL  
FOR RELAXING.               
BUT, IN THE PURE FORM OF THE GAME JEAN- 
PA ACTIONS ARE WRONG  
OFTEN, THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT  
WHAT IS THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST SOMETHING ITSELF 
THE SIMPLE Plot CONVERTS  
THEIR IN ARCADE/ACTIONS. EXACTLY TO  
THIS MIXED GENRE IS RELATED - 
THERE ARE WELL-KNOWN PROGRAMS  
LIKE COMMANDO,GREEN BERET.       
  
PUZZLE (PUZZLE).           
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TRANSLATED FROM ENGLISH PUZZLE 
'RIDDLE','PUZZLE',WHAT TO  
CHARACTERIZES THIS FREELY 
GENRE INCLUDES EVERYTHING -  
POSSIBLE PUZZLE GAMES, LABI- 
RINTES, COMBINATORICS PROBLEMS.  
NOTE THAT THE MAZES HERE ARE AVAILABLE 
ARE NOT AN ELEMENT OF THE GAME AS IN  
ARCADE PROGRAMS, AND ITS ESSENCE, 
SINCE THE MAIN TASK IS - 
PASSAGE OF THE MAZE.       
CLASSIC COUNTING PUZZLE 
YESWIDELY KNOWN GAME TET-  
RIS. HUMBLY NOTE THAT AVAILABLE -  
EXACTLY HIGH SPREAD  
RECEIVED AND THE PROGRAM COLUMNS, YOU 
LETOWN BY OUR FIRNA. FROM OTHERS 
PROGRAMS OF THIS PUZZLE GENRE ON - 
CALL KLAX,TTR 2,LABIRINT,STACK 
UP.                             
  
SIMULATION  
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MANY CAN BE ACLUDED TO THIS GENRE 
CRUEL PROGRAMS: SIMULATION GAMES  
ALL POSITIONS OF TRANSPORT  
MEANS (FROM SCOOTER TO SUPER- 
MODERN AIRPLANE AND FANTAS- 
TICAL INTERPLANETARYSHIP 
ETC.), SPORTS SIMULATORS  
GAMES, AND, PERHAPS, COMBAT GAMES 
MOST COMMON AIRCRAFT 
NO-HELICOPTER(TOMAGAWK,FIGHTER 
PILOT) AND CAR-MOTORCYCLE -  
FLIGHT (ELITE SUPERTRUX,TWIN  
TURBO V8) IMITATIONS. HOWEVER IN 
EXPECTED AND QUITE EXOTIC  
WHAT OPTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, 'STEAM LOGO' 
(SOUTHERN BELLE).               
THANKS TO SIMULATOR GAMES  
SPECCY YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL  
(MATCH DAY),TENNIS-MATCH POINT  
AND BILLIARDS (POOL), MOVE OUT OF THE GO- 
SKIING (SKI STAR 2OOO) AND  
EVEN KICKING A BALL IN SPACE 
COMPLETELY ABSENT SPACE 
VII GRAVITY (ROOM TEN).      
HIGHLY POPULAR - 
XIA AND COMBAT GAMES (THE WAY 
OF TNE EXPLODING FIST,RENEGADE) 
IN WHICH THE PLAYER STANDS IN FRONT OF  
THE ONLY OBJECTIVE IS TO WIN  
ENEMITOR IN HAND-HAND GRAB- 
KE, WITH OR WITHOUT WEAPONS. IN THESE GIG- 
CARS IS OFTEN PROVIDED BY WHO 
POSSIBILITY OF SELECTING 'PERFORMER'  
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENEMY: IM MO-  
CAN BE EITHER A COMPUTER OR  
YOUR FRIEND.                       
AMONG THE SIMULATORS THERE ARE SIMPLES 
WIDE, AVAILABLE EVEN FOR CHILDREN 4-6  
YEARS (ENDURO,HARRIER ATTACK,PO- 
WER BOAT), AND SUCH FOR MASTERING  
WHAT ARE SOMETIMES LOW PROFESSIONAL 
QUALITY KNOWLEDGE OR AT MINIMUM SOFTWARE 
FRACTIONAL INSTRUCTIONS (FIGHTER PI- 
LOT,FLIGHT SIMULATION,PARIS-DA- 
KAR).                           
  
STRATEGY (STRATEGIC).      
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'STRATEGY IS THE ART OF MANAGEMENT  
LARGE MILITARY OPERATIONS AND WAR- 
US IN GENERAL - SUCH INTERPRETATION YES 
THE DICTIONARIES FOR THIS TERM AND IT  
CHARACTERIZES ABSOLUTELY ACCURATELY  
GAME PROGRAMS OF THE STRATE GENRE 
GY.MOST COMMON SYU 
HEET STRATEGIC GAMES: YOU, IN KA- 
HONOR OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, DUTY- 
WE WIN HISTORIC OR YOU 
THOUGHT BATTLE (CONQUEST,DE 
SERT RATS,STALINGRAD,LEGIONS OF 
DEARTH).IN THESE PROGRAMS FROM  
YOU DO NOT NEED LIGHTNING  
REACTIONS AND MIRTUOSIC OWNERSHIP  
JOYSTICK: ABOVE EVERYTHING IN THEM CE- 
YOUR COMMANDER'S QUALITIES ARE NOW 
TVA. IN MOST STRATEGIC -  
THIS GAMES ARE POSSIBLE - 
SAVING ON PRO DISK  
INTERMEDIATE STATE. AND THIS IS NOT  
RANDOM: TRY IT IN ONE  
SIT TO CONQUER THE WHOLEEUROPE,  
HOW THE PROGRAM OFFERS IT  
CONQUEST. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT YOU WILL SING 
MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD EITHER REFUSE  
FROM ITS NAPOLEONIC AMBITIONS 
OR TAKE A BREAK, SINCE  
SLEEPING ON THE KEYBOARD IS NOT VERY MUCH 
CONVENIENT.                         
  
TRADITIONAL (TRADITIONAL).     
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YOU CAN PLAY WITH SPECCY 
TRADITIONAL (BOARD) GAMES, 
FOR EXAMPLE, IN CHESS. CHESS  
PROGRAMS ARE VERY INTERESTING, BUT  
TRUE, NOT TO SUCH A DEGREE OF POWER - 
WE ARE TO GIVE THEM FIRST RATIO 
NICK - LACK OF PA AFFECTS 
PRINT AND SPEED ZX SPECT- 
RUM.IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN IT IN A LONG TIME 
CHECKS IN YOUR HANDS, THEN YOU CAN PLAY 
IN THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH EINSTEIN  
(DRAUGHTS GENIUS).WELL AND GAMBLING 
PLAYERS CAN BE OFFERED TO RE- 
CHECK INTO STRIPP POKER  
WITH SAMANTHA FOX HERSELF (SAMANTHA 
FOX STRIP POKER).               
  
TO END THIS BRIEF REVIEW 
ORA GAMING PROGRAMS FOR ZX SPE 
CTRUM, NOTE THAT MANY GAMES  
(AND MOST OF ALL THE MOST BEAM-  
HIGH) CANNOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO ANY 
ONE GENRE THEY CONTAIN 
ITS FEATURES OF SEVERAL.  
WELL TELL ME, IS IT POSSIBLE IN ONE WORD -  
VOM CHARACTERIZE SUCH 'PRO 
CENTURY GRAMS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE ELITE 
OR QUAZATRON?                 
  
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