Home Computing Weekly


Project Volcano

Author: D.J.
Publisher: Mission Software Ltd
Machine: Spectrum 48K/128K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #54

A very enjoyable, well presented espionage adventure game.

You, an ace spy, have to penetrate a command centre situated in a volcano, presumably extinct, somewhere in Eastern Europe and put their computer out of action for four weeks by destroying the master program.

Right from the moment you open your folder containing mission objectives, briefing notes and a map of part of the complex it is obvious that the game has been well thought out. It supports a small but adequate vocabulary with the more common commands able to be abbreviated, for instance "Take IDcard" becomes "T ID". Your commands and the responses are screened along with very good line drawings of your locations.

The action moves along at a brisk pace and many problems face you, most of which will require the use of objects you should have picked up along the way. As usual with adventures, you are strongly advised to keep a careful not of where you have been!

A splendid game. Very suitable for a novice adventurer.

D.J.

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