Zzap


Morphicle The Transforming Car

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: The Power House
Machine: Commodore 64/128

 
Published in Zzap #30

Morphicle The Transforming Car

A bomb is steadily ticking away and you have been volunteered to defuse it. The mission starts in a fabulous transformer car, zooming along over a horizontally scrolling landscape. The road has to be followed carefully, otherwise the car crashes and the mission ends. Occasionally a roadblock is encountered, but a press of the Fire button transforms the car into a flying machine, and it zooms over the obstacle with ease.

The next stage involves the negotiation of a tricky maze, and finally a superbly drawn floating slide puzzle is put together before the bomb is finally made safe.

The first two levels are pretty poor, and at times so obscure that they're almost too frustrating to persevere with. However, the final level is superb - it's a shame that more couldn't have been made of it. Morphicle is an enjoyable diversion, but not one to put at the top of your shopping list.