ALIEN

by Nicholas Pearson

from ZX Computing Feb/Mar.1986



A Strange Being has been spotted by

Nicholas Pearson as it searches Potters

Bar for a working telephone.





This is a great game for younger members of the family (I

liked playing it! - Ed). The idea is to guide the telephone

which continually descends from the sky (A UFOne?) onto the

head of the wandering non-terrestrial. No, you are not

trying to brain him, but provide him with the means to

communicate with his home planet (have you seen the

telephone company's intergalactic charges?).



After each attempt, whether you win or lose, the player has

the option to play again immediately (if he's impatient) or

to see the appropriate end-of-game graphics. And finally,

for those who are very slow, there is a "Hold the Phone"

feature which slows the game down. Brief but complete

instructions are given by the program, so you've seen the

film, read the book now, etc, etc.



NB. Is a telephone engineer a phoney?