Home Computing Weekly


Cosmic Defender

Categories: Review: Software
Author: B.J.
Publisher: Soft Joe's Software
Machine: BBC Model B

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #23

I suppose most people know why games are written in machine code, rather than Basic - Basic is just too slow for good animation. Well, this game is in Basic.

It's a simple shoot/bomb the aliens type, nothing new, unexceptional graphics and one of the worst keyboard control layouts I've seen in ages.

Because Basic takes so long to move things around on the screen, sometimes your ship seems to ignore movement commands. I can't think of anything about this one to make me recommend that you buy it.

B.J.

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