★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ THE LOST PHIRIOUS PART 2: THE PLANETS (c) VIDIPIX ★ |
Amstrad Action |
Persistent readers of the Pilg may remember a couple of months back a review of the first part of this trilogy from Vidipix. It didn't get first-class ratings because I felt that it was rather too easy, and that the puzzles themselves were slightly illogical. In this new game you find yourself on earth, and must secure the necessary materials to bmld yourself a space-ship in which you can proceed with the rest of your mission. In case you missed the last review, this entails the salvage of a lost space-ship called the Phirious, believed to have been carrying a valuable cargo. Phirious is a Quilled game without graphics. I was interested to see that the authors intend to produce the third part of the series using GAC, which is perhaps just as well because I don't feel that they have really squeezed the best out of The QuiU in this case. Games like Bored of the Rings really demonstrate the potential of Gilsoft's utility, but Phirious belongs to the rather larger category of pick-up'r.'puzzle solving adventures. This part of the trilogy is called The Planets because -surprise - it features Saturn, Neptune, and other members of the Solar System. You can transport from one planet to another by saying the correct coordinates in the right place - both of which you have to determine yourself. There's certainly a lot more to do in this game than in its predecessor, which Vidipix tell me was meant to be a beginners adventure'. There are just over 70 locations and although there are no graphics the atmosphere is maintained to a credible degree. The Planets costs £2.50 from Vidipix at 125 Occupation Road, Corby. Northants, NN17 1EG. It's not the best value budget release around, but it's an improvement on its predecessor and I hope that Part Three shows a similar advance in style and techniques. AMSTRAD ACTION n°10 |
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Page créée en 151 millisecondes et consultée 1500 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. |