Your Sinclair


Skateboard Kidz

Author: Duncan MacDonald
Publisher: Silverbird
Machine: Spectrum 48K/128K/+2

 
Published in Your Sinclair #34

Skateboard Kidz

A budget version of Skate Crazy (except you're on a skateboard). Using one key to push, and another couple for left and right you have to roll about the course (upward scroller) avoiding the obstacles and jumping ramps. On the far side of each ramp is a letter which can be collected by clearing them in the air. First an 'S', then a 'K', you have to make up the word skateboard - then you're ready to proceed to the next level.

It's a monochrome bash, and the graphics are a fair size, but the layout looks untidy and the action is too slow and messy, There's music and sp(mmm)eech synthesis on the special 128K version, but that doesn't help when a game is un-enhanceable.

Duncan MacDonald

Other Spectrum 48K/128K Game Reviews By Duncan MacDonald


  • Mad Flunky Front Cover
    Mad Flunky
  • California Games Front Cover
    California Games
  • Vector Ball Front Cover
    Vector Ball
  • Darius+ Front Cover
    Darius+
  • Captain America In The Doom Tube Of Dr. Megalomann Front Cover
    Captain America In The Doom Tube Of Dr. Megalomann
  • Oink! Front Cover
    Oink!
  • Return Of The Jedi Front Cover
    Return Of The Jedi
  • Gunsmoke Front Cover
    Gunsmoke
  • Eliminator Front Cover
    Eliminator
  • Mask 2 Front Cover
    Mask 2