Home Computing Weekly


Spectron

Categories: Review: Software
Author: N.B.
Publisher: Virgin Games
Machine: Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #43

According to the blurb, this is a game which can never be beaten no matter how proficient you become. If that is indeed the case, what is the point of playing it?

The game is another version of Space Invaders. This time, you are in the centre of the screen being attacked from all sides by the monsters.

Keys Q,A,B and v or a combination of two of them, allow you to move in eight directions, firing in the direction you travel. This does cut down the number of keys you need to use.

In all, this is a rather standard game despite the nine skill levels. I feel that better use could have been made of colour, especially in the instructions, which look quite drab in black and white.

Movement of the characters is very smooth, however and the game is up to the standards of this type of game - competent but uninspiring.

N.B.

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