Machine | Review Of | Quote | Score | ||
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![]() | TI99/4A | Character Generator (Maiden) | The most imaginative feature is the incorporation of short keywords which will not only be obeyed directly when entered, but may be formatted into short 'programs', saving a lot of typing and time. | 92% | |
![]() | Amiga 500 | Dark Seed (Cyberdreams) | The most graphically impressive release for at least a year. | 95% | |
![]() | Commodore 64 | Superfile (Byteware) | The maximum number of records possible depends on the size of the fields... An average sized record seems to allow about 100 records overall. | 92% | |
![]() | BBC B/B+/Master 128 | A Question Of Sport (Superior/Acornsoft) | The market is limited to sports fans and even they are going to learn all the answers sooner or later. | 70% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Draughts (Logic Systems) | The major criticism I have is that it cheats! It can take a follow-through move (after taking one piece to take another) but you can't - and if you try to it takes your piece away! | 80% | |
![]() | Spectrum 48K | Spectsound (PDQ) | The main program is rather unambitious. | 78% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Turbo Compiler (Salamander) | The machine code version of the first program is no faster than the Basic one, and the second doesn't even run in Basic as it was written in a special way so that the compiler could make sense of it! | 83% | |
![]() | TI99/4A | TI Cricket (Dromeda) | The list of players is shown together with numerical ratings indicating their batting ability against certain types of ball. | 83% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Maths Orbiter (E.L.M.) | The levels are difficult to control; you cannot specify maximum numbers, simply an arbitrary level number, and there is no facility for negative or decimal numbers. | 41% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Frak (Aardvark) | The later screens further indicate the revolutionary imagination of the designers. | 90% | |
![]() | Commodore 64 | Multisound Synthesizer (Romik) | The keyboard layout made it easy for a one-fingered pianist to pick out a tune. | 73% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Monaco (Alligata) | The instructions state that the game is for the over-11 age group, but I know of at least one five year old who would disagree. | 93% | |
![]() | TI99/4A | Mr. Frog (Stainless) | The instructions say "land slightly to the right"... You can jump into the bank itself to the right of the home and be awarded points for a safe landing, whereas landing to the left actually in the home leads to instant death! | 20% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Indoor Soccer (Alternative) | The instructions on the cassette inlay are basically untruthful in any of the three languages. | 60% | |
![]() | Commodore 64 | The Man From Granny (Vectis) | The instructions are very brief - you learn what you are doing as you play the game. I feel this is a drawback of the program. | 68% | |
![]() | TI99/4A | Amazing (Texas Instruments) | The instructions are straightforward and informative, the graphics and sound are good, and the whole operation is user-friendly. | 86% | |
![]() | Commodore 64 | Raid On Bungeling Bay (Ariolasoft) | The instructions are not good enough - they tell you how to partially destroy a factory, but not how to fully destroy it. | 64% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Learn to Play Guitar (Lasersound) | The instructions and explanations are almost non-existent - which is appalling for an educational program. | 40% | |
![]() | Spectrum 48K | P.A.U.L. (Jaysoft) | The instruction manual starts - "Thank you for purchasing Jaysoft's PAUL" and the purchaser deserves at least that for parting with £12.95 for a product of such poor quality! | 50% | |
![]() | Commodore 64 | Matrix (Llamasoft) | The instruction card is very good, setting the scene for the game and giving a detailed explanation of the scoring. | 85% |