★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ SPACE RIDER JET PACK CO. (c) HITEC SOFTWARE ★

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If you're in the local Jobcentre looking for an exciting new career, then "tester for the Space Rider Jet Pack Co." may sound appealing. There's travel to the 23rd planet test site, adventure, glamour and the like. What they don't tell you, however, is the rather important fact that the aforementioned planet has been claimed by aliens - big nasty ones, with guns!

But if the idea of testing new kit in a war zone is your cup of rosie, then lead on Macduff and become a Space Rider. The mission that has been devised - by those who are nice and snug and safe back on Earth no doubt! - is one of mineral collection. You have to find the route across the planet, zapping bug guys and grabbing any gem stones (there are 99 in all) that happen to fall into your path.

The gravity (or lack of it) hinders control of the jet pack slightly, with first-timers rocketing upwards rather than floating. Life isn't all that difficult, though, because the only other control to worry about is the gun, and you wouldn't be seen dead without that would you? (Well you might be seen dead, but doing little else!)?

So the whole game is just bu2zing around blasting and grabbing - nowt that difficult and nowt that thrilling. The complex you end up invading is big, but is all much of a muchness, put together well enough but lacking pace and and any real sense of danger. All of a sudden you're dead, with "oh what a shame" more of an apt comment than the usual string of expletives used in gaming.

Graphically, the game is easy to look at with large (if unoriginal sprites) in strong basic colours. The gun sounds cute, but that's hardly enough to keep anyone riveted.

All in all, Space Rider mimics it's own story line and appears to be a test and not the real thing. If it were, you'd be more than concerned about the likelihood of death on a cold alien planet, But in Space Rider death's more of an inconvenience than an appointment with the big guy.

FIRST DAY TARGET SCORE: GET 10 CRYSTALS

TW, AA

SPACE RIDER JET PACK CO.
(c) HITEC SOFTWARE

DEVEOPPER: PAL DEVELOPMENTS
CODED BY NIGEL SPEIGHT

★ YEAR: 1990
★ LANGUAGE:
★ GENRE: INGAME MODE 0 , ARCADE , SHOOT-EM-UP , JETPACK , FUTURISTIC , TAPE
★ LiCENCE: COMMERCIALE

 

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Cover/Package:
» Space  Rider    (Release  TAPE)    ENGLISHDATE: 2017-06-10
DL: 201
TYPE: image
SiZE: 244Ko
NOTE: Uploaded by CPCLOV ; w1617*h791

Dump disk:
» Space  RiderDATE: 2014-03-06
DL: 232
TYPE: ZIP
SiZE: 20Ko
NOTE: 40 Cyls
.HFE: Χ

Dump cassette (version commerciale):
» Space  Rider    ENGLISHDATE: 2014-02-19
DL: 226
TYPE: ZIP
SiZE: 19Ko
NOTE:

Media/Support:
» Space  Rider    (Release  TAPE)    ENGLISHDATE: 2016-09-07
DL: 83
TYPE: image
SiZE: 42Ko
NOTE: Scan by Loic Daneels ; w598*h734

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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.