Masterpieces - review of the game North & South.

                 


                                    
 JURASSIC SOFT
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 Today we bring to your attention,
We offer a game from the company "INFROGRAMES"
NORTH & SOUNTH .                    
 Released back in 1991
won the hearts of many fans
arcade-strategy games.  And by 
can rightfully be called a masterpiece.  
 The game takes place in
America of the last century.  During
civil war 1861-1864     
                                    
 Immediately after loading, in mode
demos, you can select the language
on which you will communicate with
computer. It could be English
English, Italian or Portuguese
language . Selection is made by hovering
cursor on the icon with the desired flag
Noah to you countries that are
at the bottom of the screen. Management:
O - left P - right              
 Immediately after this you are taken to
menu for selecting the number of players and
game control. In the next menu
you define a scenario in which
the game will proceed. You will be
There are 11 pictograms.              
   In the top row there are two extreme icons
grams determine the strength of the computer game
tera.                               
                                    
   In the center there is a pictogram with
with which you can choose
the year in which the events will take place
being. This affects the quantity and
the location of troops and the number of troops
wetted territory on both sides -
mi.                                
                                    
     Middle row:                  
                                    
  The two outermost icons serve to
choosing a partner. They may still be
one player or computer.  Possible
also make the computer play
against yourself.                
                                    
  In the center there is a “GO” icon - the beginning
games                              
                                    
  Bottom row:                      
                                    
  Pictogram with an Indian - This is for you
I need to make the game a little more difficult 
introducing an element of surprise into it.
So, with this icon you
turn on surprise attack mode
Indians  By the way, forno Indians
it is important whose army to attack. They have
The only goal is to withdraw more
scalps.                          
                                    
  Pictogram with cloud and lightning -
again, you are offered a little
make the game more difficult.  When choosing this
pictograms appear over the country
a cloud from which rain pours. And not
God forbid if she hovered over yours
army  All roads are ruined and
the army is deprived of the opportunity to move
marriage For clouds as well as for
Indians don’t care what army
edit .                            
                                    
  Pictogram with a ship - turning on
this mode you get the opportunity
sometimes get reinforcements for
his army. When a ship appears
troops located next to him
are filled to full strength. This
property of the game can even be very
useful.                          
                                    
  And the last icon in the bottom
row allows you to enable or disable
There are arcade inserts. If you don't want to
You can control your army yourself
in battle then choose a “card” with this
you turn off the arcade inserts and that's it -
Your military operations will be carried out by you
computer But what if you don’t trust
eat the computer then select the gaming one
automatic you get the opportunity to self-
mime control the progress of the battle.So, having chosen everything that you have considered
desired and clicking on the "GO" icon
You get into the game.               
  A map of America will appear in front of you
and a message that you are
in such and such a year and there is thunder all around you
guns, bullets whistling, shells exploding
in a word, there is a war going on. And you are welcome
commits to defeat his opponent
nick and thereby complete this battle
nude bringing the long-awaited peace to the charter
The country is shaking from the war.  By knocking on
some button in front of you remains-
there is no card and you can proceed to
game                              
                                    
  The whole country is divided into states. Five
of which have strategic significance
reading They contain forts, which
which during the game you must capture
vat as much as possible. All forts
united by railway and
case, if under your control
there are two or more adjacent forts
a steam locomotive appears, which re-
regularly replenishes your safe with bags of
money. And as soon as in your current
fairy there will be a fifth bag you get
the opportunity to buy a new army and
install it in one of the states,
which the computer will offer you.   
 Game controls are quite simple.
There is a cursor on the screen that
you can move using the key
you choose or using
joystick Forin order to re-
place your army, all you need is
just point the cursor at it and
press fire. If you have already gone
to them, then nothing will happen, well
if not, then the troops around will blink
states to which you have the right to travel
advance your army. If you like
went to the state where yours is already located
army they unite, increasing
thereby its strength.  Maximum
size of the combined army:      
 3 guns, 9 cavalry and 18 infantry.
  In case you make a move in
state where the army is located against-
Nick You find yourself in an arcade insert-
ku, if you are in the initial menu of course
chose this mode. Belt in front of you
there is a field on which each is against
each other there are warring parties.
Each side can take part in the battle
fight no more than 3 riders and 6
infantrymen, but if you have an army
exceeds these dimensions, then as
destruction of fighters to help hurried
shat reserves. All movements along
lyu is carried out with the same keys.
The "SELECT" key switches the vo-
ska, and "ABORT" is carried out separately
dulling The type of troops you
control, is displayed as pi-
ctograms in the upper corner. Right here
there is a range indicator
foreheads of the gun.  In the movement of troops
there are some restrictions. Cavalry
cannot move backwards, and push-
the box can only be moved vertically
kali Besidesafter a certain
number of shots she is eliminated from
battle (apparently they are running out of ammunition
dy ). After the end of the battle you return
contact the card, the computer produces
makes the necessary changes (indent
defeat or destruction of troops) and you
continue the game. There is one more “But”.
If the army has only guns left,
then it is considered broken (actually
Really! What kind of army is it without pre-
roofs? ).There is one more in the game
arcade insert. In the case when
You are moving an army to a state with a for-
volume occupied by the enemy You must
you will lead your fighter to the flag
ha (at the very end of the path), overcome-
building barriers in the form of boxes with explosives
Chatka, dogs and enemy soldiers.
The time in the lower part is displayed
in the form of an alarm clock and your progress
shaped like a shoe. If the alarm clock
will reach the edge of the screen faster than
shoe, then the fort is considered unoccupied
by you. Your opponent is offered
possibility as much as possible
obstruct your path. When pressed
"Down" button appears on the screen
a soldier who can throw anything
one knife or wave your fists.  you
you can bleed him with your own
knife or just hit him. Please note
that you only have 4 knives in stock!  
                                    
                                    
  Well that's all for today. Play and
win! * * *                
                                    
 P.S. In the attachment you will find two
versions of this game: for 48th and 128th
computers. Unfortunately we couldn't-
Is it possible to get a fully working version?
games for the 48th computer (You can
they calmly play it, but destroy
living the last enemy army
this game will be reset).               
 ATTENTION!!!           
                                    
  You are asked 2 questions, right
correctly answering which you can
get the latest issue of the journal for free
nala.                              
                                    
  So here are the questions:               
                                    
1.In which or in which states is it possible
  but an Indian attack?           
                                    
2. In which or in which states of production?
troops are being replenished until they are full
composition of people and equipment from the ship?
                                    
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