Amiga Power


Hits For Six Volume 8
By Prism
Amiga 500/600/1200

 
Published in Amiga Power #41

Hits For Six Volume 8

Is this a collection of ancient games picked at random... oh, what's the point?

Railroad Tycoon

More light-hearted than TV's famous Sid Meier's other games (Civilisation, Silent Service et al) and more accessible to players not fanatically interested in the subject while at the same time delivering the level of detail and complexity expected of The Sidder. He's a genius apparently. So it's my fault I found it all a bit lacklustre and big boy trainsetty, I expect. And the word's 'railway'. 64%

International Tennis

Marvellously playable tennis game with loads of options (singles, doubles, mixed doubles, court surfaces, computer intelligence), lemon-squeezy controls and real excitement in the rallies. And you can annoy the ball boys by running in their path - it's Match Point all over again. Quite the best game on all three compilations and definitely worth the £8 it costs on Zeppelin's budget label. 83%

World Cup Football Manager

This time round you get to see the whole match in interminable jerk-o-vision and jolly along your players with pithy comments. Frighteningly boring, but 3% extra for being the first game I ever reviewed for YS. Hurrah! 17%

Targhan

Passable Rastan Saga clone with indefensibly awkward diagonal control but some tremendous programmers-getting-a-bit-carried-away war cry samples. It's fun. 60%

Big Game Fishing

Big game fishing. 3%

Netherworld

It's Boulder Dash! In space! With guns! And it's extremely dull! 24%

The Bottom Line

Batman's back on Thursday afternoons, you know. It's great. Especially the episodes with Clayface and the Mad Hatter. They've mucked up the Riddler rather badly though. Tcha.

Jonathan Nash