Computer Gamer


Psycastria
By Audiogenic
BBC/Electron

 
Published in Computer Gamer #19

Psycastria

Let's not mess around here. Put down ths copy of Computer Gamer and rush to your local computer shop and *buy a copy of this game*! We have struck the mother lode and reached arcade heaven! Why all the excitement? Well, Beeb owners who are also regular readers of Computer Gamer (that is: all the lively ones) will recall reading of the C64 smash hit Uridium. What we have here, in its own quiet little way, is the BBC conversion.

The game, for all those living on another planet, involves the penetration of a massive spaceship by a small fighter, pausing on the madcap mission only to destroy gun and fuel emplacements on the ship's surface and avoding or destroying the army of enemy fighters. It is fast (very fast), furious and a lot of fun; compulsive too. This version has stunning music, amazing graphics and puts the final nail in the coffin of those who claim the Beeb can never be a "proper" games machine - programmer Gary Partis deliberately set out to confound those cynics and has succeeded spectacularly.

The detail of the ship is exceptional (shadowed 3D), the speed of the game is phenomenal and the accuracy a wonder to behold. In short, *buy this*! This game has the Gamer guarantee of quality and fans of fast-moving, addictive shoot-'em-ups will be drooling over their keyboards for weeks! A real gem.