| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ JOE BLADE 2 (c) PLAYERS ★ |
Amstrad Action |
Punks, thugs and muggers rule the streets, and only one man can break their reign of terror. Joe Blade. After all, with a name like that he could hardly be an accountant, could he? (Oh couldn't he? - Joe Blade Esq, accountant, Worthing.) Joe's last adventure was in an embassy siege and he's been dragged out of retirement on a mission to rid the town of the baddies. The display is very similar to the one in Joe Blade, a flick screen street scene with doorways into and out of the screen. Across the bottom of the screen is a row of four icons (numbered one to lour) and counters for dustbins, keys and citizens. Keys are needed to open doors. No longer do you wander around with a machine gun - it's a kick in the head for the bad guys and smile when you say that in this game. Points are scored when you kill a yob, collect a dustbin or deal with a citizen. Citizens are the dubious looking old gentlemen in long coats that stand in the middle of the streets. If you bump into one a puzzle appears that must be solved within a time limit. Solve the puzzle and you have have only 15 more to do. Fail to solve it and the game ends. Graphics are good, but there's little colour used. The animation is good and sound effects are OK. Joe Blade II suffers from the same flaw as Thing (reviewed last issue): lack of pace, though not, admittedly, to the same tedious extent. Solving the puzzles can be very frustrating, but you'll soon be able to do them all. Rescuing all sixteen citizens takes a while, but you could run out of enthusiasm before you solve it. FIRST DAY TARGET: Rescue six citizens GBH, AA
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Page créée en 759 millisecondes et consultée 2585 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. |
