Review of games for the Spectrum - STALKER, Last Courier, SUPERTED, IRON LORD, KNIGHTMARE, MINELAYER, MARROW IN THE WORLD OF WISDOM.

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written by Fisher Illya


    Наконец-то  !!!  Наконец-то  !!!  Наконец-то  Вы
дождались от нас очередного Компьютерного Обозрения.
С  Вами  как всегда буду я, FISHER ILLYA. Я доступно
опишу пачку дискет новья, которое   появились у  нас
в Смеле из Днепропетровска.    

                     ' ' ' ' '  

    Прежде  всего я хочу познакомить Вас с крутейшей
стратегической адвантюрой - STALKER (как писал и сам
автор  название  игры  не  имеет  ничегоcommon with
STALKER from Kharkov). This toy takes up a whole
disk and is a mixture of STAR LEGACY and
LASER SQUAD.   The game has an initial
cartoon, HELP, NOVELLA, music, FX.   to you
given the opportunity to try your hand at
the role of STALKER - a space poacher. Action
takes place in 27.., in a small town in Western
Europe called Harmont. This town is 20 years old
later visited by Extraterrestrial Civilization, leaving
some of my inventions.  Harmont was surrounded
barbed wire and set up UN police posts.
A so-called ZONE has been formed where they penetrate
STALKERS find something alien and if
stay alive (after all, the aliens protected well with
their achievements using different traps), are selected
from the ZONE and sell swag - that’s what they call it in the game
objects of alien civilization, traders.
    This was the prehistory, and now directly about
game. In the game, you, controlling STALKER, must mine
and sell swag.  As already mentioned, the city
surrounded by UN troops, so your task is by no means
easy.  In addition, there are simply a lot of traps in the ZONE. B
At the beginning of the game you have: keys, suits, balls,
pistols, flags, special suits, flashlights, first aid kits.
The final goal of the game is not known to me, although they go
rumors of some kind of gold disc somewhere in the middle
ZONES, standing onwhich person gets the right
make any wish.
    Communication with the game characters occurs as in
STAR LEGACY, otherwise the game is similar to LOST
PARADISE and LASER SQUAD.  Note: some
traders won't talk to you if you don't have
SWAG.  There are 3 types of merchants in the game. Some
they buy from them (if you can negotiate)
small swag, some medium or large,
others you can buy equipment, equipment,
information. But be careful - if you do anything
If you say anything wrong, you will be handed over to the cops who,
of course, they will put you in prison, from which you are not
it’s so easy to get out (and without keys at all
impossible!).
    Disadvantages of the game: 1) - after the death of STALKER
                               the game freezes; 
                         2) - there is no LOAD option.
    But don't be too discouraged - because...  the game is very
Tarasik and I liked it and so we corrected it
both glitches - play to your health!!!    
 P.S.  The disk functions option is called up by pressing
CAPSSHIFT + 1.
       The author of the game is Evgeniy Nesterenko, 1997.
       The minimum amount of memory is 48 kb.

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    The game COURIER has appeared. Genre - sophisticated LODE
RUNNER, SOCOBAN, PRINCE. Graphics - cool, main
the hero is the spitting image of PRINCE!!  There are 10 in the game
levels, with the ability to enter a codelevel (as in
PRINCE). For those who won't find these 10 levels enough, maybe
make your own, fortunately there is a level editor and
HELP to him.  Overall the game leaves a good impression
smoldering. Logic lovers will not regret it.  All together
takes 276 seconds.
    The author of the game is PERSPECTIVE GROUP 1996-97.

                     $$$$$   

    I liked the toy SUPERTED, written
DAMIAN SCATTERGOD in 1991. Main character
games - Winnie the Pooh bear, a super hero who must
save your friend (or friends?).   Game
super dynamic, well decorated;  takes 234
sec., there is a built-in CHEAT MODE.  This is the most
the best action game, and I advise you to go through it without
CHEAT to have the most fun.

                         

    Finally there was some kind of
a toy, not very intricate, but interesting and
not easy at all.  She became IRON LORD, written by
JON MEDHURST.  The game takes place in
ancient centuries, in the times of brave knights and
lovely ladies.   You are of course invited
try your hand at being a knight.  You should
you will correctly use your intelligence, accuracy and
their other qualities. As I understand it, you must dial
volunteers to fight his evil uncle. Game
consists of several levels, takes 503 seconds.
The game is a mixture of QUEST,ADVENTURE and
ACTION.   You see your hero and the rest
the situation from above, you can look around; in the game there is
inserts where you can try yourself in the role
archery (quite real simulator),
arm wrestling wrestler and cubes player (in
tavern), you can check whether you hold the sword well
in his hands, defending himself from bandits and robbers. To my
Unfortunately, the game has not been translated into Russian (with
English). I'll give you a couple of tips:
     1) Never give yours to anyone
things;
     2) Immediately learn arm wrestling and
archery, otherwise you will not be able to play this
game (as it happened to me).

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     Game KNIGHTMARE buy ACTIVISION, occupying 139
sec., and is the coolest QUEST,
Absolutely NOBODY will allow himself to be played -
screw it up!!! (joke) In reality the game is not like that
already twisted and complex - you start in some
ancient prison, moreover, not in a solitary cell, but with
some other miserable prisoner.  The goal of the game is to
unfortunately not clear. You probably “just” need
get out of this prison.  Communicate with the game You
you can, like pressing certain keys,
which commands hang, and sorting through the list of commands
and names of items using the CAPSSHIFT + ENTER keys.
By the way, the game has dynamic three-dimensional graphics, which is not
very andtypical for games of the QUEST+ADVENTURE genre.
For those who know English GOOD, the game
will undoubtedly please your taste.

                     & & & & &

     With great pleasure I will describe Gerasimov's game
D., written back in 1996 - MINELAYER. This
The toy is a copy of a similar game on PC. Home
the task is to find a certain thing on a 10*10 field
no. min. Unlike previous versions of the miner, in
this one has more troubles when a mine can be in two
places.   In addition, at the end of the level you can
see cool pictures on more than one screen
in STRAWBERRY style.  There are about 40 levels in the game,
i.e.  40 pictures.  The first 5 levels you can
jump if you point the arrow at the inscription on the left
MINES and press shot. The remaining levels will have to
pass honestly. Although there are clearly not enough lives in the game
- there are only 7 of them. Of course, the game takes a whole
disk.
     P.S. Select PAUSE mode and see what happens.

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     The game was made in a similar direction:
          MARROW IN THE WORLD OF WISDOM
buy IMPETUS LED and ACTIVATOR in 1997. Although this
The game is simply full of glitches.  First of all, to you
you'll have to wait long and tediously until it's over
slow intro;  secondly the game is too small
graphics (not the same as in MINELAYER); thirdly
game for this type of gamestoo complicated;  and
fourthly, level loading is dead (about 2
minutes per level!). And still the game takes
the entire disk.  In general, if you don’t have anything AT ALL
do, then you can try to play this
toy - the goal is to find the differences between two pictures,
which will be shown to you. In my opinion, the authors have better semi-
FAULTLESS magazines are available.   
     P.S.  The game is not for the faint of heart. To avoid
computer crashes, disk drive, disk torment, I'm FULL
SERIOUSLY I warn you:
                       CAUTION!!!
     The equipment (computer, disk drive, disk) is not at fault
in the slowness of the “work” of this toy!!!
     DANGER FOR YOUR GOOD MOOD!!!    

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     Another version of FIT has appeared, this time
once again, Alexey Shirokov and G. Kovrov. But don't think
that this is something cool like FIVETEENS. No, it's
just a LEGOTRON made in 1995 and
taking 237 sec.  Yes, there really is
pictures of the STRAWBERRY genre, but these pictures are drawn
far from being an artist: graphics, characteristic
eighties!!!  Guys Shirokov and Kovrov,
do you really think that people will play this? K
Besides, there is too little time in the game.    
     P.S.  The game will run even if you have 48
wheelbarrow

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     I liked the playable demo (level 1)
GIBBdemo, madeS.Y.B. from SAMARA. Game is good
known to everyone since childhood - THE HANGMAN. 1st
level - names.  Having guessed 15 names, you can
watch the animation downloaded from the PC. Demo completed
quite good.
     P.S. The full version of the game has already been released, but we have it,
unfortunately not.   

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     I was very amazed, well, just shocked and
I was completely killed when I saw one demo version. How are you
what do you think? No, not BLACK RAVEN, and not DOOM,
no, no, not even toys (!).
- Why?
- Magazine (!). Yes, yes, a magazine. LUMP LOGIC managed
release a demo version of your magazine - DEPTH #00!!!
The demo version takes about 1000 seconds. and reassuring
that the full version of the magazine will be released soon and that it
it will be cool.  There are several quite readable
articles, but there is no application in the demo.

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     A demo of the game RETURN TO HOME 4 called
HAMON IV, taking 257 seconds. Demo made by Deathman
land and Golenkov Oleg. Demo is playable, although possible
It could have been done better. Demo type - ADVENTURE type
LODE RUNNER (take this, take it to that; game
space, like in LODE RUNNER, but with a larger
new and color graphics).  I was able to play it
about 3 minutes.
     P.S. How long can you stand it?

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     I am amazed by the people who do
glitch toys.   Such, in my opinionare
TECNOSPACE SOFTWARE, who made MISSION occupying
as much as 922 sec.  The game was probably designed in the style
DOOM with adventurous inclusions, but it turned out
she's not like that.  The hero's movement occurs in jerks,
graphics are crap, how not to play this game
Of course, after GAME OVER you will have to wait about
4 minutes until some lasers illuminate the inscription
GAME OVER.      
     P.S. I wouldn't even want my own person to play this game.
to the enemy.

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     We have a good space shooter
- AXONS by Lubomir Salanci (Poland). The toy takes
369 sec., cool color graphics and a crowd of monsters
make this game quite attractive.
Movement and graphics are smooth.    

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     Playable demo STEEL RAT by ROME'R SOFTWARE
resembles the adventure STAR LEGACY, although
differs from it in a different interface, added
options and a good sense of humor - the game more than once
made fun of me. The game takes place in
32996, on the planet SKRALDESPEND. Your task is
bring back some professor, which you can find out about
yourself, after watching the intro to the demo.  To Russian
The name of the game translates as "BECOME STEEL
RAT" - sounds intriguing, doesn't it?
     P.S. It's a pity that this is only a demo.    

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     From a well-known companySEGA has finally reached us
game DYNAMITE DUX (1989).  Despite my
"stale", the game is quite exciting and beautiful -
Needless to say, even Taras played it. Game genre
- street fighter. The goal of the game is to control either a duck or
then with a chicken, kill everyone you see. Size -
369 sec.

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