| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ DARK STAR: A TIME OF CHANGES (c) DESIGN DESIGN ★ |
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The galaxy is under the tyrannical rule of the Evil Lord. In your ship, the LIAR, you must try and free every thing from his evil domination. In many respects, except for the fact that its concept predates it. Dark Star resembles the arcade original Star Wars. The LIAR is a highly sophisticated ship Its weaponry is of the fixed mount type vtfiich is aimed by maneuvering the ship. The LIAR's battle computer generates a real time display that shows what is happening in your immediate vicinity. Enemy ships fire at you by prediction, should you keep the same course for too long.
There are 3 main parts to the game: Space. Hyperspace and Planets In Space you fight enemy ships and navigate through the galaxy. Hyper space - when you travel to the other Side of the galaxy, you must fly through one of the sets of gates in a sector. You will then be flying down a rectangular tunnel - do not stray from this or you will lose some of your energy and could eventually die (after a while you will reach the end of the tunnel and be back in space). Planets - just fly into' a planet and you find yourself skimming it's surface Here you must destroy the planet's bases to liberate it from the enemy. Though not easy to control. Dark Star is very easy to get into end soon becomes addictive. The 3D vector graphics are only really above average but they are so fast that you don't see them on screen for long. One of the novelties of Dark Star is its famously humourous hall of fame which changes most times you load the game. A very high speed shoot em up, but not quite as good as their other release, Tank Busters. Overall AMTIX! rating. 74% |
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Page créée en 760 millisecondes et consultée 3723 fois L'Amstrad CPC est une machine 8 bits à base d'un Z80 à 4MHz. Le premier de la gamme fut le CPC 464 en 1984, équipé d'un lecteur de cassettes intégré il se plaçait en concurrent du Commodore C64 beaucoup plus compliqué à utiliser et plus cher. Ce fut un réel succès et sorti cette même années le CPC 664 équipé d'un lecteur de disquettes trois pouces intégré. Sa vie fut de courte durée puisqu'en 1985 il fut remplacé par le CPC 6128 qui était plus compact, plus soigné et surtout qui avait 128Ko de RAM au lieu de 64Ko. |
