Do you enjoy playing arcade games. Algray have now released
three great programs for the Colour Genie. They are called
Skramble, Exterminator and Kong.
Skramble
Skramble is a game where you are a jet fighter pilot and
must shoot and kill enemy planes, escape anti-aircraft missiles,
destroy fuel containers and eventually (if you are not killed or
didn't run out of fuel) land the aircraft on a landing field. You
continually travel in a right hand direction and you have controls
to move the aircraft, fire the machine gun and drop bombs. The
game makes use of the programmable character generator to
produce some very hi-resolution graphics. It's a great game!
Exterminator
Exterminator is a shoot-out type of game. But this game is
really two games in one!! In the first game, you must control
your space ship through a swarm of birds. Try to blow them up if
you can! Also, you must avoid a fast-flying enemy space ship
which tries very hard to kill you!
After you have shot down all the birds, the next step is to
destroy all the eggs in the nest. Sounds easy? Wait until you
come across the robots protecting the eggs!
I shall not try to explain how to play Kong. What I suggest
you do is go to your nearest arcade center and look at a game
called Krazy Kong or Donkey Kong. After you have been amazed by
that game, purchase Kong from Algray and get set to play *the same
game*. Kong is unbelievably similar to the arcade version. This is
the best program I have seen for the Colour Genie. I'm not
surprised really since Algray have always been known to sell only
quality software.
Many thanks to Graham at Algray for sending us the samples of
the games for review.