Personal Computer Games


Super Minefield

Author: PC
Publisher: Continental
Machine: Memotech

 
Published in Personal Computer Games #7

Super Minefield

Veterans of World War II could get a pleasant, or nasty, feeling of nostalgia as they play this game. The object is to get from one side of the minefield to the other without, of course, being blown up.

The trouble with mines is that you can't see them. This is because they are usually underground. So what you need is a mine-detector. In this game, though, all your detector, in the corner of the screen, will tell you is the number of mines that are near you.

These could be left or right, up or down. You must, then, use 'logic, skill and deduction' to plot a safe route across the screen. As you move to a mine-free space a white blob appears Using these markers and the detector you might just get through with all your limbs intact.

The graphics in this program are disappointing: a garish mixture of green and yellow. The sound is also dull with its poor noises for movement and explosion. On higher levels there are nasty spiders on the roads and tanks which re-arrange the mines. But they don't really make it any more exciting.

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