Big K


Hover Bovver

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: Mastertronic
Machine: Atari 400

 
Published in Big K #10

Hover Bovver

Basically a souped-up version of Pac-Man where you are a little man appropriately named Gordon Bennett.

The object of this version is to mow all the grass on the lawn without going on the gardener's flowerbeds. This isn't so easy when your neighbour is chasing you for taking his Flymo in the first place.

The gardener is another problem - he doesn't take too kindly to Gordon going over his flowers so he also ends up chasing him to take your mower away.

Hover Bovver

Gordon has one thing in his favour. That's his faithful dog Rover (so the instructions say0. You can use Rover to by-way the gardener or neighbour by pressing the trigger (this makes him bark scaring them off).

The little problem with Rover is, he can't stand the noise of the mower and when his tolerance eventually runs out, he ends up attacking it.

Hover Bovver has over eight screens to choose from, making it one of the better Pacman-type games around.