Commodore User


Wibstars

Categories: Review: Software
Author: Tony Hetherington
Publisher: A 'n F
Machine: Commodore 64/128

 
Published in Commodore User #42

Wibstars

If you think playing the games is difficult then you should try running a distribution company and deliver tapes, disks and computers to a variety of shops. That's difficult.

The problem is posed by A 'n F software (part of Argus Press) who challenge you to stay in business as the intrepid distributor Wibstars. The question is what would Argus know about successful software distribution?

You begin the game in your warehouse and must guide your forklift truck to select the goods you would like to buy. Computers cost £100, tapes £5 and disks £10 each. Obviously you can't spend more than you've got [That's a good one! - Ed] so you have to go with what you think will make you most money.

Down in the loading bay you jump into your van and catch your order as it plummets through the four chutes. If you drop anything, you lose it and the money before you've even left the office!

The next screen takes you on the road, but already you're behind schedule and your competitor is in front of you. He's also left his back door open and is scattering the road with his stock. Avoid the debris which damages your van and collect his stock is all you have to do in a simple steering game before you reach one of the shops.

Each shop offers a different price for each item so you should choose carefully what you take where (yes, there's strategy in this game!).

Unfortunately, you only get paid for what you carry up to the office which means pushing your goods up a series of lifts and along platforms, conveyor belts and avoiding punching fists and bombs designed to destroy your goods.

The whole game plays like an early Spectrum platform game and does nothing with the C64's superior graphic, colour or sound capabilities, not to mention sprites!

Tony Hetherington

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