Your Sinclair


Pi-R Squared

Author: Marcus Berkmann
Publisher: Bug Byte
Machine: Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Your Sinclair #42

Pi-R Squared

An odd game, this, which never really found its niche on initial release - too strange for the general market, probably. Your task it to search through the inner workings of the mind - represented here by a series of touching wheels - to extract certain mathematical formulae - like ?r2, for instance. If this sounds hopelessly dull or cerebral (good word, eh?), well it ain't. Symbols are to be found in the centre of the wheels, and you travel around the edges trying to pick up the ones you want in the order that you want them (you grab 'em by doing complete circuits of the wheels in question). There are hazards, including old little nasties that whiffle swiftly around some wheels' perimeters, and the whole is somehow quite addictive, in an odd, offbeat sort of way. But then the game's really only another collect-and-dodge multi-level arcade adventure in sheep's clothing - just substitute wheels and cogs for platforms and ladders. At eight quid, though, it did seem overpriced - but at two, perhaps it has found its niche at last? A neat little brainteaser.

Marcus Berkmann

Other Spectrum 48K Game Reviews By Marcus Berkmann


  • Zub Front Cover
    Zub
  • Saint and Greavsie Front Cover
    Saint and Greavsie
  • Street Hassle Front Cover
    Street Hassle
  • Football Manager 2 Front Cover
    Football Manager 2
  • Leader Board Front Cover
    Leader Board
  • Mountain Bike Racer Front Cover
    Mountain Bike Racer
  • Football Director Front Cover
    Football Director
  • Hive Front Cover
    Hive
  • Rasterscan Front Cover
    Rasterscan
  • Video Classics Front Cover
    Video Classics