Home Computing Weekly


Games Pack 4

Categories: Review: Software
Author: M.R.
Publisher: Gem
Machine: Camputers Lynx

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #43

Both games on this tape load in at once, and a menu option is used to select between them.

In the first, an aeroplane is trying to land on its aircraft carrier, but the way is barred by "chemical clouds". These must be bombed away to allow the plane to land on the moving deck of the ship.

Bomb the ship by mistake, however, and you destroy part of it, leaving you less area to land on. This is a very easy and therefore uninteresting game.

The second game shows more promise, being somewhat more challenging, though you'll sson find you win this one every time, too.

Here you have to try and depth charge submarines from a ship.

However, both games have excellent graphics and clear instructions for use, and loaded quickly and without fuss on TAPE3. Both written in machine-code, they were very fast. The graphics animation was smooth and flicker-free.

Perhaps this would be a good tape for younger children, or for people who can't get the hand of the more demanding video games. And two games on the tape means that it isn't bad value for money.

M.R.