22nd June 1992
Stuntman Seymour
Everybody's favourite blob of lard is back. Again. Yes, ladies and gents, Seymour has returned, but not for another puzzley-platformy-Dizzy style game, as in this month's Wild West Seymour.
Remember Super Seymour at the beginning of the year? That rather spanky Bomb Jack clone was Seymour's first step into the world of the arcade adventure genre. And now he's stepping back... in style, it would seem. Stuntman Seymour is another arcader, and involves our fine, fruity friend playing the part of an, er, stuntman in his latest movie. Armed with a limited number of bombs, shaped like apples [They are apples - Ed], Seymour has to work his way around the film set shooting various baddies while executing extremely dangerous leaps off high buildings.
The baddies are a bit of a mixed up bunch. On the first level they're all gun-toting gangsters or evil red indians while on later levels they include not only the above but skiing bad boys and mini dragons too, among others.
When a baddie is killed, he leaves behind a variety of different power-ups, from extra bombs to extra points. However, touch a villain or get shot by one and you die, thus ruining the plot of the film, meaning you will have to shoot the take again. Cock it up five times and the director will get so fed up that he'll go out and hire another young hopeful to be the stuntman instead (like Dizzy, Little Puff or CJ!). This idea is a bit of a chip off Codie's old Stuntman Simulator. Stuntman Seymour looks quite promising, and should be yet another success for the buttery blob. The funniest thing about Seymour is his amazing versatility - but I suppose that's what cinema superstars have to be.
Like Sergeant Seymour, another up-and-coming Seymour arcader, Stuntman will first be released on the Superstar Seymour compilation coming out just before Christmas. Here at SU Towers, we can't wait for this cool collection to arrive (and neither can the Speccies!). It looks as though Superstar Seymour is going to be top quality stuff.
