Home Computing Weekly


Loch Ness Monsters
By Romik
Oric 48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #49

Romik's contribution to Oric software now includes a clever game involving both avoiding and hunting Loch Ness monsters. You have fairly short range harpoons, but you can also lay poisonous bait. The bait is collected by trawling from your fishing boat. Complications are added by the fact that your boat can get stuck on weed and your bait can explode.

Action is fast and smooth and a joystick option is included, although the keyboard provides good control for nimble finger. High scores depend on brains as well as aggression.

I found the tape rather annoyiing by the need to have to endure a lengthy advert and to turn the cassette player on and off during the loading sequence. And the inability to even mute a continuous rendering of Loch Lomond grated on me eventually.

No slow back-up is provided, but I had no problems in loading. In summary, a well constructed game, with probably more lasting appeal than a lot of others.

P.S.W.

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