Home Computing Weekly


Subs

Author: G.M.
Publisher: JRS Software Ltd
Machine: Jupiter Ace

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #26

Full marks (well ... almost!) for a really imaginative opening sequence of aquatic graphics, designed to establish the submarine location of the subsequent action, although perhaps it was not such a good idea to repeat it before every game.

There is nothing to tell you how to stan the game (press any key, actually) and if you do nothing the super graphics just go on ... and on .... and on!

The game? "Destroy the enemy ships with your torpedoes but beware of depth charges," says the blurb and says it all.

There is only one playing speed - sub-aqua moderato - and the sound background just goes on regardless of the zaps, which one should be signalled somehow audibly as well as visually.

Still, it's quite a pleasant game with some claims to originality, which is certainly a plus. It's good to find an application which is not simply a straightforward translation into Forth of the old familiar munchipakvaders stuff.

G.M.

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