Home Computing Weekly


Bloc Head
By Dragon Data
Dragon 32

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #48

For those who frequent the arcades, this a little like Q-Bert, involving a little man with a large nose jumping about a pyramid. Here the pyramid is missing. Instead there is simply a rectangle of the familiar hexagonal prisms for Bloc Head to jump on.

As usual, however, the shapes change colour and the aim is to colour them all in before you are squashed by bouncing balls or caught by springs. There are also Bus Stops which, if jumped upon, transport you to the top of the screen. As this is rectangular the effect can be unpredictable.

The screen is fairly attractive, though I found the figures shapes indistinct on TV. The spring was almost invisible. Control was not all it might have been, either. The joysticks were very slow to respond, spoiling many of my best moves! The other features were all fairly standard.

Originality is very hard to come by but should be encouraged. Here, Dragon has done the opposite.

D.C.

Other Dragon 32 Game Reviews By D.C.


  • Minitext Front Cover
    Minitext
  • Jump Jet Front Cover
    Jump Jet
  • Up Periscope Front Cover
    Up Periscope
  • Tubeway Army Front Cover
    Tubeway Army
  • Pedro Front Cover
    Pedro
  • Cuthbert In The Mines Front Cover
    Cuthbert In The Mines
  • Buzzard Bait Front Cover
    Buzzard Bait
  • Physics Front Cover
    Physics
  • Cranky Front Cover
    Cranky
  • Transylvanian Tower Front Cover
    Transylvanian Tower