Home Computing Weekly


Reactor

Author: S.E.
Publisher: Gemini
Machine: Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #54

Reactor has an alarming bug - the first part of the program crashes on loading. However the next part will run correctly to reveal a challenging arcade-type game in which you have the daunting task of keeping a nuclear reactor under control.

Power, radiation and the number of metals increase when one of the neutrons which bounce around the reactor collides with a metal. You can reduce radiation by knocking a metal so it hits the discharge unit and leaves the reactor.

With less metal it is easier to control the reactor and keep the radiation down but the power level may be too low to complete the second stage.

If you survive long enough you move onto the second stage where your control unit leaves a trail of concrete blocks, used for filling the reactor to trap the active metals. And so on...

Reactor is an absorbing game that shows few signs of being a one-minute wonder.

S.E.

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