Big K


The Spider And The Fly

Publisher: Interceptor Micros
Machine: Commodore 64

 
Published in Big K #10

The Spider And The Fly

Possibly something that might appeal to the brutal type who spends endless hours pulling insects apart to see how well they cope with only one leg, no head, or a swim in a bowl of flaming lighter fluid. But only on the condition that they can tolerate pre-Neanderthal graphics.

As a spider, a rather strange beast with a line stuck to his bum, you have helplessly to ensnare (i.e. draw a line around) the flies hovering nearby. The flies drift rather insipidly around the screen and the object of the exercise is to use the web to draw a line around one or more of them, causing them to vanish from the screen.

If one touches the spider before the snare is complete the line disappears and a new one has to be started. Cans of fly spray also move around the screen - to be avoided, would you believe? - and for some reason, the logic behind which is probably as twisted and tortuous as the Commodore User Guide, a hand is also present. This, too, has disastrous results if touched.

Not particularly entertaining and with a set of instructions which suggest the writer is a sheep.