Sinclair User


Monty Python's Flying Circus

Categories: Review: Software
Author: D S Gumby
Publisher: Tronix
Machine: Spectrum 48K/128K/+2

 
Published in Sinclair User #121

Monty Python's Flying Circus

SU SILVER

Hold on Garth, let me get this straight, You're a Lumberjack and you're o.k. You work all night and you sleep all day... so what's all this about women's clothing, eh?

Now, let's talk cheese as the whole game seems to revolve around this peculiar dairy product and DP. Gumby - the well-known spam fancier and long term dental appointment, late of Battersea who has been deserted by his brain, last seen complaining about cramped working conditions. In fact said brain has split up into four parts and gone on a variety of sunny package holidays Poor Mr Gumby must now recover them before relative sanity sets in. Gumby grey matter is collected over four crazy game levels each one of which contains a quantity of spam which has to be collected before continuing to the next level. There are hidden bonus levels, time bonuses and a large stock of smelly fish to shoot enemies and cheese with (or cheese and enemies, or cheese, spam and enemies etc...) with.

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The graphics, based on Terry Gilliam's zany cartoons and are both funny and clear. Monty Python's Flying Circus is difficult but enjoyable and well worth a look especially through a periscope.

Label: Tronix Memory: 48K/128K Price: £3.99 Tape Reviewer: D S Gumby

Overall Summary

Sillier than a paper sausage attempting to do rump steak impersonations. Monty Python's Flying Circus took 20 years to convert onto computer which is almost as long as it took me to get a grant from the Ministry of Silly Walks. Now that I've got the Ministry's lolly and this lovely game I'm hopelessly happy and intend to travel the world as a bicycle repair man wearing purple tights. Get this game. It's a blinking good lark mate!

D S Gumby