C&VG


3D Silicon Fish

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: Thor
Machine: Commodore Vic 20

 
Published in Computer & Video Games #33

3D Silicon Fish

Well, I don't know quite where the 3D in the title fits in with this maze-type game - there's certainly not much about the game that's three-dimensional, apart from the box it comes in.

Still, despite that, Silicon Fish isn't a bad game. You play the part of an android mercenary, Sillo, who has to zap out to a far-flung part of the universe where there is a vast supply of silicon. Earth is running short you see and needs supplies of the stuff urgently.

You'll find yourself in a maze with what can only be described as ponds dotted around it. Scrolling along in these ponds is the silicon which you are after.

You must position your fisher craft alongside one of these pools and fire an intercepter which collects the silicon and adds to your score.

Meanwhile, around the maze, nasty exploding things are happening. Random blasts fill up the corridors and, if your ship is in the way, then Sillo is reduced to tiny atomic particles!

There are five stages to the game and the action gets faster as you get better at collecting the floating silicon.

Not a bad game for the unexpanded Vic - but Silicon Fish is one of those games that leaves you a bit dissatisfied and longing for a good shoot-'em-up!

You can play the game using keyboard or joystick by the way - but joysticks are more fun!