Home Computing Weekly


Alien Break-In

Author: D.C.
Publisher: Amsoft
Machine: Amstrad CPC464

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #80

It really does amaze me how people manage to find another combination of words to use for the basic space invader type games. This is another one of the type, and as this is a new computer I suppose we ought to have expected that someone would provide one soon.

Here we have the Zargon fleet trying to steal all our uranium. 'The number and variety of invaders is astounding. The motherships are dropping pods which hatch out on landing and the only way to destroy them is to drop them into your ration of five holes. I if you decide to shoot them they split into two and then float around indestructibly for a while before turning info fighters.

There are also bombs to avoid and lasers to fire. Despite all this there is little difficulty in scoring, to start with at least, and the biggest enemy I find is<boredom. You never get to clear a sheet, so the invasion is quite relentless and makes me sleepy. A game to miss, if you can stop yourself buying it, that is.

D.C.

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