Games of 98 - Homer Simpson in Russia, Digital Mania, White Eagle, HeadBall, 12 Secret Books, , The Last Hero, Monstrland, Mirror.

 REVIEW OF GAMES'98          
                                          
 (C) ... Guess three times.             
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   I would like to start a review of new toys with
programs that produced on me  the greatest
impression.                              
                                          
                                          
 HOMER SIMPSON IN RUSSIA     
                                          
 (C) Mr Gluck and Company 
                                       Length:755 sec.          
                                       Status:Freeware (!)      
                                          
   The game begins with a very fun digital
glasses on the topic of searching for the famous "ANY
KEY".After two or three de-cranchings we
we discover a cool picture from the image
the marriage of the hero of the famous animated series  and
menu dangling on the side. Everything here is standard -
but with the exception of one option - WAIT KEY,
which, no matter how strange it may seem,
does NOTHING.                         
                                          
   The main joke begins after launch
games - we are surprised to discover that
design HOMER SIMPSON IN RUSSIA amazing
similar to the never implemented DIGITAL
REALITY "PARADISE LOST".And that's good, comrade
rich! At least now we have half-
but a valuable game is no worse (and maybe even better)
higher) than potentialP.L.  I don’t know how
to you, and to me in terms of performance and level of appeal -
catch  "HOMER SIMPSON" liked it a lot
more than dema "paradise".And it's not even
the fact that it is a complete game, but the fact that...
Well, in short, you have to see it. Not only that
plot "N.S."  (production of stools)
looks much more fun than an ordinary detective
tive implemented in "Р.L.", alldialogues,
actions, objects, locations are created with pure
Russian humor. What are such names worth?
screens like "Fecal Station","Evil Grandfather
Pensioner", "Second Soralny Hall"...  But
For some reason it gives me special joy
the process of cutting off the cashier's hands.           
                                          
   In addition to Homer Simpson, gamez is inhabited by
such cool people like a pensioner,
following whose instructions you will drive
moonshine, a mechanic living in the sewer, you
the aforementioned cashier to whom you owe
you will amputate your arms, and a certain Vova -
a very brutal guy who lost his sex
the fault of bridges over the river. Despite some
theinsanity of the characters,all the action
The actions are quite logical, and the dialogues will give you
all the necessary information.               
                                          
                                          
 Some useful tips:                    
                                          
 1.Items can be placed on the grass.                  
                                          
             2.To find a pension certificate,          
             break the cabinet with a hammer.                            
                                          
             3.Bridges can be repaired with pliers and          
             with a hammer.                                          
                                          
             4.To remove the gum, take your pants.            
                                          
             5. Take the sausage to the worker, and the cheese to the cashier.          
             Sirche at the post office.                                    
                                          
             b.Cheese can be placed on the table in the house.               
                                          
             7.Don’t even think about cutting the wire at the post office.          
             before you send an email via FIDO.              
                                          
             8.ETS...                                           
                                          
                                          
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 Lenght:about 1 disk   
                                          Status:Crackware      
                                          Cracker: ...          
                                          
   And I would like to stop at this game
andtell about it in more detail. On my
taste, this software product is
one of the best ever written for
Spectrum.                                
 I probably won’t surprise anyone by saying that
this toy belongs to the genregraphic
adventure.The design is completely copied from "Zve-
fromdign heritage"...
 although the word "copied"
van" is unlikely here
 is appropriate. Just in-
 interface "Star Inhe-
 ritance" for this
 the moment is the most
 our progressive
 for various types
 quests.            
 The plot of the toy
 its essence is sufficient
 but old and repeats
 most fantasy
 winter books/games.
 a prominent hero, a certain
 The Guardian must
 get into the bastion
 enemy and steal from-
 there Mirror. The point is
  Knight of Darkness and Mage  that in this very
                      The mirror contains a non-
cue Demon of War, which will help destroy
live Knight of Darkness and his army of evil spirits. So,
your task is                        
it is that you-  
take from the Castle  
Goblins, where are you going  
imprisoned the faithful  
servants of the adversary, and  
penetrate the three-  
main castle - os-  
new citadel  
Knight of Darkness and Cher-  
nogo Magician.          
   I would like to note,  
that the MIRROR has  
pretty good  
Hand Drawing-gra-  
fiku, elaborated  
plot and convenient  
interface that de-  
This game is similar to  
them from the best re-                        
licks of the past  MIRROR OF THE DEMON    
1998. Here.                            
                                          
   P.S.  For fans of passing "by
pointer" - in the 7th  issue of the magazine  DEJA VU
there is a complete algorithm.             
                                          
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 (C) RAGELength:990 sec.       
                                          Status:Crackware      
                                          Cracker:MAYHEM        
                                          
   And here is another representative of the genusgay -
similar,released last year.
As you know, on FUNTOP'e, where the presentation
This toy was going on,MONSTRLANDcaused violent
delights. Therefore, I think it would be correct -
take a closer look at this product
more carefully...                           
                                          
      
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
                                          
        БЕЙ ГОПОВ - СПАСАЙ РОССИЮ!        
                                          
   Сюжет "Монстрлэнда"  на удивление прост
и незатейлив.Жил-был  один зловредный маг,
и задумал он как-то захватить весь мир.Ну,
а поскольку он  все-таки  колдун  и  юзать
термоядерное оружие ему по статусу не под-
ходит, он и решил завоевать планету (инте-
ресно,нахрена она ему?) при  помощи  маги-
ческих камней,которые в умелых руках могут
и покилить кого-нибудь (дык понятно - еже-
ли камушком-то, да по xэду...)  Камни енти
самые,естественно, оxранялись, но, как из-you know, if you really want to... In short, higher-
the said villain (his name, by the way, was Korr)
grunting at all the guardians (sort of grandfathers with
Berdanka) took possession of those magic
features. However, Corr did not take into account one thing, namely
but: even stone keepers have a tendency
multiply. In general, one of the fucked
grandfatherswas, it turns out, either a son or
granddaughters... in short, some relative not-
of a certain age. And this family decided -
the owner of the harmful Korra make a bastard -
kill him in some bad way,
and at the same time pick up the stones (what are they on
the corpse will gather dust). In a word, he is
the dacha consisted of liberation thanks to
of humanity from the usurper, adversary
and... (substitute your own).                  
   From this moment on, control of the warrior has mastered
The bodybuilder is transferred to your hands,dear
users, users and kids! Obviously for you
It won't be a revelation if I say thatMON-
STRLAND is the arithmetic meanbetween
classic Spectrum strategy
(aka LASER SQUAD), RPG and adventure. To you,
most likely, it is also known that this game
quite difficult to pass - and this
definitely good (otherwise I’m already sick
from gamezes that can be completed in one and a half
hours). We can definitely say that this
the program is quite interesting and
original and will attract attention
a certain part ofgamers.In addition,
bright multi-colored screensavers produce
the impression of completerulez`a.              
 Now about the unpleasant stuff.                   
First,pushing through the bushes of the main
the new hero begins to die of hunger steps
so in twenty. The question is, from what end?
camp escaped Skive? (That's his name.)      
 Secondly, you can drag
only five items, regardless of
their weight (I don't think the arrow weighs
the same as a crossbow).              
 Thirdly, if that miracle that is hanging around
through the forest - this is Skeeve, then where did Aaz go?  AND
In general, where does such disrespect for the best come from?
magician on Virgo - after all, he is called nothing else
like the Great Skeeve! ;)                      
                                          
                                          
                                          
 TNE LAST HERO OF LIGHT FORCE  
                                          
 (C) Excess Team       
                                          Length: 2 TR-DOS disks
                                          Status:               
                                          Cracker:              
                                          
   From, isho one legend  of the passing year -
such a funDungeon adventure-killer-
assembly-application.RPG, in short. In advancesorry for the lack of sprites - I have
the first disk died, and going to Eraser -
crowbars. And in general, maybe he already erased it a long time ago -
but...                                       
  So, by downloading Gamez you can see the miracle -
a little pre-intro with digitization, giving
a slightly different meaning to pathetic phrases from Vavi-
womb 5 (maybe you remember: “It was a year of pain and
a year of joy...").The intro is followed by something like this
and it usually happens "Main Menu", where you can
You can read help, load saved
game or find out what they think about themselves creative
ry this miracle. Next, pushing it inside the drive
disk 2,you have the opportunity to specifically
have fun. In nature, bros :).             
   Before you start walking through thelabyrinth
orc lair,you must choose
I like a hero. To do this you will have to pro-
read their characteristics. I have something for you
upon request - when you read them -der-
hold on tight to the arms of the chair (legs
chair, stool body). Otherwise
excesses are possible. Personally, I prefer
like elf-new Russian (see end
previous paragraph), and you, perhaps,
will be more attractive, for exampleAfghan 
Mujahideen.                                 
 The game itself is a kind of
stepper  DOOM (although I like it better
BLOOD - especially with the pupa voodoo and
pom on a stick). The main goal gameza is pro-
conducting ethnic cleansing and mass gene-
murders among the orcs. In short, global
destruction of them as a species.                  
 In the event that you meet with a pro-
enemy (and you will definitely meet him)
Be careful), the game goes into combat mode, pre-
which is a kind of similarity to Mortal Som-
bat, and again step by step (help
for hackers - you will break this gamez -
trace step by step, he likes it).
Next is everythingdepends on you - either you replace-
sit the reptile and he will throw back his hooves, or you
you will have to load the delayed game. By the way-
ty, shipments can be given names, and
than long enough, for example: "Fuck you
You bastards, kill me"  or  "Killed the 32nd goat-
la." These are, so to speak, the main advantages.
 Now again about the unpleasant.             
Firstly,the icons are drawn as-
then...it's clumsy,or something...                    
 Secondly, work with the disk is performed
not always correct - even for  licensed ones
copies (see Oberon #5).                    
Thirdly,if magic has not been released, then
there is no need to make icons for it.       
                                   Use.   
                                          
                                          
                                          
 12 SECRET BOOKS           
 (C) Demiurge Ash/EI    
                                         Length: 1 Disk         
                                         Status: Protected user. 
                                          
 People,just think!  For once I
purchased  a licensed version of the game directly from
manufacturer! This still means something
cheat. Unfortunately, the sprites are a bummer again -
here my ROM burnt out, well, while I was looking
free mikruh (I didn’t find it :(...), yes you-
grabbed a guy who would give it to mefor free
I flashed it (found it ;)). In general, I am this gamez
He tossed it to Eraiser and so he had it lying around -
Yes.                                     
   Well, closer to the topic of the game. Like you, probably
you know, 12 TK is an RPG,genre,
which on  Spectrum  is quite developed
weakly. In principle, this game can be classified as
categoryclassicalrole-playing games.Basics
the difference istwo heroesinstead of the standard ones
four. Otherwise everything looks (according to
at least at first glance) usually -
magic, division of modes (combat/adven-
ture) etc.                                
   The plot, to be honest, is not original.
shines - everything is standard fantasy. We've arrived
evil conquerors, conquered everyone, appeared here -
good heroes were also in a fit of patriotism
Let's go kill the adversaries. Well, since for-
it is not possible to kill all the usurpers together
becomes possible, the heroes decided to use
call for some magical utensils
ty, namely -magic books. Enti books
and must make the evil reptiles disappear from
faces of the earth.This is the beginning in a nutshell.           
 So, controlling two heroes - a warrior
(Yaroslav, it seems, is called) and magician (not
I remember), you must save the fatherland. This
will be actively opposed by those same
adversaries from whom you should save everyone
sti. What gives the game a special cool is the
This graphics and, oddly enough, is present
vie magic (well, finally). In addition, all sorts of
The bullshit menus are drawn  neatly in
differences fromthe previous gamez.            
 The loading looks rather strange.
however, you don't have to worry - what
will happen - these are not glitches,but simply
such protection. By the way, if you decide to copy
12TK, then remember - there may be
someexcesses. For example,you may
show Jolly Roger (this is a flag, not...)
and send him on... well, in general, for a walk.
(see appendix)                             
 Well, a short summary. This game is
Xia one of the best implementations Role Playing
Game for Spectrum. If you are not burdened
special financial problems (well, 20
you can find rubles), and you prefer
BLOODWYCH EXOLON`u, then... in short, solid
recommendations.                             
   Unfortunately, I can't tell you the pain...
good, because I managed to play it for about 
30 minutes.Aпотом был ROM must die...      
                                          
                                          
           HEADBALL             
                                          
                          (C) ZX-Masters        
                          Lenght:331 sec.       
                          Status:Crackware      
                          Cracker:MAYHEM        
                                          
   So,эпохальные творения 1998 года закон-
чились. Таперича  перйдем  к  геймам менее
значимым (в смысле количества секторов),но
не менее рулезным.                        
   Вы,наверное,уже видели демо-версию этой
прикольной игры. Теперь группа ZX-Masters
 presented to our attention a complete
  release. True, it lacks
  sound for General Sound (or is it
  I'm like this?), however, all the main
  real bells and whistles promised by the author -
 are available.  Implemented four
 GOP vs level - park, some kind of Turkish
        city, desert and tropical forest.
The pictures are equipped with variouscool
animations. So, for example, in a park from a pond
some kind of underwater periscope protrudes
boats. Three types of shells have also been released,
with the help of which you will believe      
kill the enemy... 
   Well, for those who missed 
demo version, I will briefly summarize the essence 
gaming. So, controlling one of these 
merry dudes, you will play      
in somevariety of volleyball. But PUNK
you will have to hit the ball not over-      
with their limbs (aka hands), how is it de-
      barks in the prototype, but with his head. From here
  and the name of the game is Headache. Home
  your task is to throw the projectile to
  enemy territory, preferably this way
 so he can't catch it. Projectiles
BOMB comes in  of three types  - ball (air-
      ny), ball (volleyball), bomb (not
thermonuclear).Each variety has
It has its own behavioral traits. Bomb - very
heavy woman, eager at the first
possibility of falling to the ground, however
with all its phlegmatism, tends
explode from time to time.The ball is very
jumping comrade. I don't recommend hitting
him with all his might - he can just
bounce off the wall and fly back to
to you. Balloon - has obvious habits
punk anarchist - at the first convenient
case, falls away from you high into the blue
the skies are flying so slowly and slowly
to the enemy's side. Atпопадании на
сетку шарик лопается, что вызывает переход
подачи.                                   
                                          
                                          
  
  
  
                                          
                                    
                                    
                                (C) ASPHIXIA            
                                Lenght:87 sec.          
                                Status:Mini-game        
                                          
                                          
   ...Пришла весна, из теплых стран приле-
тели птицы - скворцы, грачи и галки.На де-
ревьяx  и  kyctaphukax налились почки. Год
promised to be calm and fertile.
No one expected trouble... But one day
biologistsand naturalists have noticed
whether countries special
ity in blood behavior