Home Computing Weekly


Super Glooper/Frogs

Author: Ray Elder
Publisher: Sinclair Research
Machine: Sinclair ZX81

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #1

Super Glooper/Frogs

Two excellent arcade-type games on one cassette. Both loaded easily and started automatically. They are well written with a choice of skill levels, high score feature and dynamic graphic displays. Both also feature the same keyboard controls: any key 1 to 5 moves up, Q to T is left, Y to P is right and Z to B moves down. Keys A to G provide a useful pause feature. Unusual controls but easy after a little practice.

Super Glooper is a Pacman-type game. You have to 'paint' the maze, avoiding the aliens which do not chase you but move at random. There are four 'shields' which give you the power to destroy them. Once the maze has been painted, a new and more difficult maze is drawn. You have three lives.

The only criticism I have is that the Glooper does not appear at the start of each turn - you have to press a suitable movement key first.

Frogs is a simple version of the Frogger-style game. Just hop from boat to boat across the river to your five home bases. You have eight lives.

The instructions are brief but adequate. Two very addictive machine code games.

Ray Elder

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