Amstrad Action


Summertime Specials

Author: GBH
Publisher: U. S. Gold
Machine: Amstrad CPC464

 
Published in Amstrad Action #38

Summertime Specials

Six of US Gold's releases of the past year have been bundled together into a compilation: Solomon's Key, Bravestarr, Captain America, Trantor, World Class Leaderboard and Rygar.

Solomon's Key is a simple but fun platform game that scored 78% in AA26. Bravestarr is based on the cartoon series of the same name and is probably one of the easiest games over to complete. It received 39% in AA33. Captain America was never reviewed, but had it been the rating would have been in the region of 53%. Trantor is a shoot-'em-up with some huge and well animated sprites that, earnt it a Rave review in AA27. World Class Leaderboard is a golfing simulation reviewed in AA26. It's the second and last Rave game on the compilation. Bringing up the rear is Rygar, a poor coin-op conversion that scraped 56% in AA29.

This is a sort of which do you-want-the-good-news-or the-bad-news compilation, with some outstanding and some decidedly average games. Still, six for the price of one is excellent value for money, and with compilations that's often the deciding factor.

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GBH

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