C&VG


Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure

Author: Veronica Campbell
Publisher: Puffin
Machine: Generic

 
Published in Computer & Video Games #47

Colin's Fantastic Video Adventure

This is a story book - an Adventure about arcade games! Dad got me to review it as he said he couldn't bear to read such a book!

The story tells of Colin, a boy who dreams about being the champion at meteoroids - his favourite arcade game. Then something enables him to fulfill his dream. One day he goes home feeling rather depressed because his local arcade machine is out of order, when he hears voices coming from inside his shirt pocket. There he discovers two tiny men by the names of Snogel and Drogel.

I quite enjoyed reading this book, although I did not think it had a particularly good storyline to it. The idea itself is quite original, but I felt it should have been expanded.

The title does not refer to computer Adventures as in Scott Adams, but the original sort of Adventure. The language is easy and I feel the story is suitable for children of 10 or 11 years of age.

Veronica Campbell