Home Computing Weekly


See-Saw Scramble

Author: T.A.
Publisher: Romik
Machine: Atari 400/800

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #52

Padde deflectors moved horizontally by joystick are provided at the top and bottom of screen in this one- or two-player game.

The paddles are used to deflect richocheting discs toward a forcefield composed of white hash characters. This runs horizontally across screen centre and is bound on either side of its length by dotted lines.

If a player succeeds in propelling his disc through a gap in the dotted line, he will score points for every hash the disc obliterates inside the force-field.

A section is coloured blue; should the disc make contact with that part a whirling blade will be released. If destroyed by using your paddle cannon, bonus points will result.

There are four levels of difficulty, mostly related to speed. Five lives are allowed. See-Saw Scramble takes us back to the era of paddle games. A brave, if somewhat unlikely, move. The graphics are rather limited. Nevertheless, the game can be fun for two to play. but only just.

T.A.

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