Amstrad Action


Killer Gorilla/Gauntlet

Publisher: Micro Power
Machine: Amstrad CPC464

 
Published in Amstrad Action #1

Donkey Kong and Defender, one a platform game and the other a shoot-'em-up, so we put them in arcade action as a compromise. Both test your reflexes to the utmost and as a package represent great value for money.

Killer Gorilla has four screens in which your girlfriend has been kidnapped by an nasty ape and you have to climb to the top of the screen to rescue her. Each screen is composed of girders, ladders, lifts and conveyor belts which are made hazardous not only by the threat of falling to your death but also by the things that the gorilla sends to stop you. Barrels and fireballs have to be avoided or smashed with a hammer which you can jump and pick up.

Good News

1. Two games for the price of one (and a bit). 2. Gauntlet is better than Defend or Die. 3. Both games have slick graphics. 4. Testing platform action. 5. Fast and furious blasting action.

Bad News

1. No prizes for originality.