| Genre: | Unknown Genre Type |
| Publisher: | Squirrel |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B, BBC Model B+, BBC Master 128, Acorn Electron |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Acorn Electron & BBC Model B |
| Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 28th November 1984 |
| Original Release Price: | £7.95 |
| Market Valuation: | £9.05 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Black |
| Author(s): | R. Williams |
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This item contains versions of Polar Perils for Acorn Electron and BBC Model B.
A&B Computing
1st January 1985
Sorry Squirrelsoft, but you'll have to do better than this. Read Review
Electron User
1st January 1985
Thoroughly recommended... I can't remember when reviewing a game gave me so much pleasure. Read Review
Personal Computer News
15th December 1984
At least the first two games are unplayable. Read Review
Full Instructions
Polar Perils
Brrr!!! Adrift on an Arctic Sea, with a ravenous polar bear about to leap onto your tiny ice floe! - The journey back to your homeland is dangerous!
Can you leap across the icy water onto another, safer, floe, or onto one of the islands to grab a spear (essential if you are to kill the bear - which you must!) before you leap off your floe onto the far shore and your next peril - the thin ice?! (Screen 2)
Only at certain places is the ice sheet thick enough to stand your weight without shattering under your feet and consigning you to a horrible death! - the rocks that can be dropped to reveal these watery graves are guarded by very agile bears! (Did you bring that spear?) If the rocks find a path wide enough for you to reach the abandoned igloo then you face your next peril - the kayak voyage! (Screen 3)
The kayak is very fragile! - if it hits an iceberg, it will sink! Unfortunately you need to get close to them to collect the six large ice blocks needed to build your igloo on the land in the South. Sounds easy - but this is your toughest task yet!
Your paddling slows when you have cargo on board - and watch out for the sudden appearance of another vicious bear!
Even if you manage all this, you must be prepared for even more hazardous journeys to come!
Game Controls
All playing keys can be redefined when loading. You may travel in eight directions (with running automatically changed to jumping when appropriate).
P - Toggle Pause, Q/S - Sound Off/On
Loading
Tape: CHAIN"" (RETURN)
Disc: Hold SHIFT and tap BREAK.
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| Download | What It Contains |
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 | A digital version of Polar Perils suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)), Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
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