Genre: | Arcade; Shoot-'Em-Up |
Publisher: | Firebird |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | Acorn Electron |
Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
Available For: | Acorn Electron & BBC Model B |
Compatible Emulators: | Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
Original Release Date: | 10th June 1984 |
Original Release Price: | £1.99 |
Market Valuation: | £3.76 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Black |
Author(s): | Andrew Frigaard |
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This is the worst of the original Firebird games. Read Review
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I found the game very enjoyable - my only complaint is the way it slows down when simultaneously displaying a plane, pigeon and gun emplacement. Read Review
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Reviewed in the annual Models Games Guides: Acorn Electron.
Wing the planes to release a carrier pigeon, shoot the pigeon and add a note to the stave at the top of the screen. if you can complete the tune you will be rewarded with a bonus of 1500 points and move onto the next level.
Attacking planes will drop bombs and relentlessly home-in on your position at the bottom of the screen. Planes can only be destroyed by hitting them dead centre. If all the planes are destroyed but insufficient notes placed on the stave to complete the tune, your bonus is lost and you will be given a second chance.
Z - Left, X - Right, RETURN - Fire
Q - Quiet, S - Sound, R - Pause On/Off
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