Games Computing


Heist

Publisher: Softspot
Machine: BBC Model B

 
Published in Games Computing #10

Heist (Softspot)

You are a bank manager and it is the close of a very busy day so you have to go to different parts of the bank and return the money that you find there to the safe. Sounds simple, it would be but there are four burglars who also want the money and they are determined to catch you so that they can make off with it unhindered.

There are two hammers in corners of the bank and with these you can knock out the burglars, but you can't move up or down the ladders that connect the different parts of the bank. You get bonus points if you drink the cup of tea that appears at random for a short time somewhere in the bank.

The burglars also leave bombs around the bank that, if you don't defuse them, blow up killing you. When you get all the money to the vault in the bottom of the bank, business starts for the second day and this time the burglars are more determined, there is more money to collect, and more bombs to defuse.

I like the way your initials are put into the hi-score table using the cursor keys like in the arcades. There is also a freeze option, useful for answering the phone, making coffee, going to the toilet, etc. This is an enjoyable combination of both Donkey Kong and Space Panic with an element of its own.