Machine | Review Of | Quote | Score | ||
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Oric 48K | Othello (Kenema Associates) | The Oric's thinking time is painfully slow, and to have the computer play itself gets boring very quickly. | 75% | ||
Spectrum 48K | Dallas (Cases Computer Simulations) | If you bid high enough, you then start on the rather long-winded process of well development. | 65% | ||
TI99/4A | Code Break (Christine Computing) | Arcade games in TI Basic are bound to be a washout. | 58% | ||
Oric 16K | Awari (Kenema Associates) | The computer's move decisions are made in seconds. | 70% | ||
Spectrum 48K | Bridge Master (Bridgemaster) | There are only the 55 fixed hands, and each hand can only be played one way, but it would need a gargantuan feat of memory to recall the characteristics of each. | 98% | ||
TI99/4A | Match Wits (Stainless) | Good use is made of graphics and sound and the game was fairly absorbing once the barely adequate instructions were fathomed. | 53% | ||
TI99/4A | Black Box (Stainless) | The instruction give full details on the origins of the game, but provide only a few sentences and one example for the complete beginner. | 60% | ||
Dragon 32 | Backgammon (Microdeal) | An excellent representation of the game with good presentation on screen. | 91% | ||
Oric 48K | Three Games For Children (Burslem Computer Centre) | The final game appears to be rather out of place on an educational tape. | 50% | ||
BBC Model B | Word Build (GTM Computers) | The program was well received by pupils in my local school and the teachers were impressed by the ease with which their own word lists could be substituted. | 86% | ||
Commodore Vic 20 | Words Words Words (A.S.K.) | While some objects are easy to identify, some are more problematic. Is it a man or a boy, dog or cat and is that really meant to be an ant? | 80% | ||
Commodore Vic 20 | Hide And Seek (A.S.K.) | It also offers five grades of difficulty, from hard to super hard (like it!)... The graphics are excellent and the instruction book clear. | 90% | ||
BBC Model A & B | VU-File (Psion) | The whole file is loaded into working memory, so it is limited in size to 16K, but some very sophisticated methods are used to pack an awful lot in there. | 97% | ||
Spectrum 48K | Comp-U-Share (Micromega) | The file will only store information at the time of share purchase and current details. This allows now-and-then comparisons to be made, but you will not be able to get any trend analysis. | 78% | ||
Oric 16K | Key Trainer (Kenema Associates) | Contains eight exercises in using the keyboard, of progressively difficulty, sort of. | 28% | ||
BBC Model B | Beebsynth (Clares Micro Supplies) | I spent many happy hours trying it out and annoying the dog with a selection of high-pitched discordant musical sounds. | 74% | ||
Commodore Vic 20 | Mission Mercury (Virgin Games) | If Virgin can keep up the quality, but spice their products up with a little more originality, they should do well in their new venture. | 79% | ||
BBC Model B | Space Adventure (Virgin Games) | Superb graphics... The only problem I had with Space Adventure was in prising my friends away from it. | 100% | ||
TI99/4A | PS Pesteroids (PSS) | Dedicated asteroids addicts will probably find this game too slow and easy. But it's worth a try for less skilled gamers. | 55% | ||
TI99/4A | 99 Vaders (Stainless) | Good graphics, and the movement is fast for TI Basic. | 89% |