Triple helping of blockbusters

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This is a compilation tape containing three of Ultimate's earlier blockbusters.

The first offering is Jetpac, a tale of spaceship construction on a hostile planet. Not being a wealthy spaceman you cannot afford a ready-built ship, so you order a kit from the Acme Interstellar Transport Company.

They are obviously a bit of a cowboy outfit as they deliver each section of the ship by dropping it from orbit.

Your task is to fly around using a jetpac and construct your ship. Unfortunately the weather is not too good and everything must be done in the midst of a meteor storm.

The title tune is excellent, the graphics large and colourful and the game is great fun to play.

Game number two is called Lunar Jetman. The Acme rocket disintegrates while orbiting the moon and you are forced to make a crash landing. In this game you take the wheel of a lunar rover and try your hand at rallying on the moon.

Upset by the intrusion, the moon's inhabitants activate their defence systems. You must therefore destroy every missile base before an attack upon the Earth takes place.

Once again we have a combination of large colourful sprites and a fast and furious zap and blast game.

Alien 8, the third offering, is aimed at the more intelligent gamester. The game incorporates Ultimate's now famous Filmation graphic effects. These consist of single colour, high resolution, three dimensional characters and backgrounds.

A huge starship contains the complete knowledge and a few chosen survivors of a dying planet.

As the ship nears its destination it slows from hyperwarp speed. Unfortunately the defence systems have failed and the craft is open to attack from alien life forms.

Alien 8 is the ship's robotic caretaker who must repair the damaged life support systems and activate the cryogenic chambers in which the crewmembers are frozen. Each room on the starship contains a puzzle of some sort based around an object which may or may not be useful.

It's a game to keep the keenest of minds absorbed for hours.

The Cosmic Battlezone compilation should appeal to both arcade addicts and puzzle-solvers alike. And what's more it's excellent value for money.

Steve Brook