C&VG


Icicle Works
By Statesoft
Spectrum 48K/Plus

 
Published in Computer & Video Games #45

Icicle Works

Not only has this game pinched the name from one of my favourite bands but also nicked its theme from one of my favourite games! Icicle Works is basically a reworked version of Boulder Dash - but without much of the dash.

The idea is to guide your character through various rooms constructing various toys from the parts you find buried in piles of snowballs - which roll around Boulder Dash fashion as you burrow through them.

The scrolling slow and jerky and the graphics are pretty naff.

I was quite disappointed when I first saw Icicle Works, I expected a lot more from the company that brought us Boulder Dash and Frak.

Wait for Boulder Dash 1 and 2 to appear for the Spectrum - coming soon from Beyond.