★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ POWERPLAY: THE GAME OF THE GODS (c) ARCANA SOFTWARE DESIGN ★ |
Amstrad Action | Computer & Video Games |
Arcana is a new name in Amstrad software, and from what we've seen of this first game it could quickly become a big name. The game is very loosely based on all those Trivia board games, but uses the Amstrad's facilities far better than previous quiz games. Each player controls a team of four warriors who start the game in one of the comers of the board. The warriors can be of four different strengths: Hercules, Cyclops, Minotaur and Satyr in ascending order of power. On each player's turn you have to answer a trivia question on the subject of the square your selected warrior is currently standing on. You're given four possible answers, and if you get it right then the warrior can move one square.
The aim is to destroy all the opponents'warriors by trying to move onto their square and thereby challenging them. The challenge is resolved by the two players trying to answer another question, the winner being the one who gets it right first. The loser has his warrior demoted a level and destroyed completely if it was already a Hercules. Points are awarded for getting questions right; more points being given for the harder questions set when a warrior is in the form of one of the stronger beasts. Enough points allow a warrior to mutate into a more powerful form and therefore increase survival chances in challenges. There are four ready prepared batches of questions, each containing over 500 questions. These are very cleverly put together and organised so that even if the same questions recurr the game still retains its interest through the need for tactics and speedy response. AMSTRAD ACTION n°12 |
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Page créée en 412 millisecondes et consultée 3362 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. |