Sinclair User


Classix 1

Author: Tony Dillon
Publisher: The Edge
Machine: Spectrum 48K/128K

 
Published in Sinclair User #67

Classix 1

Yep, it's another compilation with exactly the same name as all the others. (I didn't know there were so many ways to spell classics). I'm sorry Ed, but I'm just not in the mood. I've just had an unhappy love affair, my cat just died and I've just got my finger trapped in the hudojnewx. sorry typewriter. What, oh yeah, the review.

Five games, all re-releases. The pick of the crop, is Bobby Bearing. It was the lest of the Marble Madness derivatives end it's a well-wicked game. The other four unfortunately aren't up to the same standard. Brian Bloodaxe is a bit like Dynamite Dan only a good deal less playable platform game. Starbike is too similar to Lunar Jetman (which I hated). Psytraxx is big and boring and That's The Spirit is rather run-of-the-mill icon-driven adventure.

Result: one very decent game and four passable ones.

Overall Summary

Not as spectacular as some of the more recent compilations but Bobby Bearing is a very good game.

Tony Dillon

Other Spectrum 48K Game Reviews By Tony Dillon


  • Laser Squad Front Cover
    Laser Squad
  • Ball Breaker 2 Front Cover
    Ball Breaker 2
  • Rockford: The Arcade Game Front Cover
    Rockford: The Arcade Game
  • Barbarian Front Cover
    Barbarian
  • Five Star Games III Front Cover
    Five Star Games III
  • Lone Wolf: The Mirror Of Death Front Cover
    Lone Wolf: The Mirror Of Death
  • North Star Front Cover
    North Star
  • Murphy Front Cover
    Murphy
  • Twin Turbo V8 Front Cover
    Twin Turbo V8
  • Where Time Stood Still Front Cover
    Where Time Stood Still