Home Computing Weekly


Pot-Pourri

Author: R.B.
Publisher: JRS Software Ltd
Machine: Spectrum 16K/48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #31

This, as the name implies, is a mixture of games and utilities, two of each.

The first of the games, called Track and Attack, invites you to shoot down a total of ten helicopters. Using the cursor control keys you have to manoeuvre a noisy flashing asterisk, or laser weapon, directly over the helicopter, which is on a random flight path.

Occasionally, you find that you have shot down your own helicopter whereupon you are suitably chastised. The scenario for the battle is a screen string which of course will disappear if you stop and restart the game.

The second game is Blackjack, or Pontoon, with you playing the computer. Straight away the odds are against you - the computer has £1,000 and you have only £100. A well-worn theme for a computer game with nothing special to endear you to it.

Called Superscript, the first of the two utilities enables you to have super-sized writing on the screen should you so desire. Char-Wallah (I always thought that meant tea boy) is the second of the utilities. Someone has taken the trouble to create 50 characters which may come in handy for games.

Along with the demonstration of simple animation, that's all there is to it.

R.B.