| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ ALTERNATIVE WORLD GAMES (c) GREMLIN GRAPHICS ★ |
| A100% | Amstrad Action |
Gremlin continue their alternative approach to sporting games with another bundle of events to play through. Before play commences you must choose a country and the number of players and then choose which of the eight events you want to play. There's also a choice of practice and competition levels to play at.
There are eight events to complete: sack race, pile of plates, boot throwing, river jump, pole climbing, run up the wall, pillow fight and pogo. In the sack race you compete with another human opponent or the computer in a race through the streets of Naples. The next one is a test of your balancing skill with a pile of plates. Reach the end of the course within the time limit - a higher score is obtained with a higher pile of plates. In boot throwing you have a choice of water filled or empty, the former going further but also tiring you out quicker. The watery theme continues with the river jump, a pole vault with a wet difference. Verona is the scene of pole climbing which is a race for champagne, and then a descent back to the ground Not too fast, though, or you'll drop the bottle. Like the sack race you can compete against another player or computer. When in Venice you have to run up walls and stick a hat to it. The hat is conveniently supplied by a low flying parrot who drops it. Everyone must have had a pillow fight at one time or another: the difference with this one is that the loser gets dunked in water. Finally you can play on your pogo stick and burst balloons as you go along. The graphics aren't brilliant and the animation isn't either. There's an excellent title tune and some reasonable effects within the game. Some of the events are fun to play, but yet again they lack anything to really draw you back again and again. At least you get eight events this time and they do vary considerably in style of play. Have a look before you make a decision though. GBH, AA |
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Page créée en 636 millisecondes et consultée 3551 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. |
