| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ ANDROID 1: OPERATION REACTOR RUN (c) VORTEX SOFTWARE ★ |
| CAHIERS DE L'AMSTRAD MAGAZINE | AMTIX | Home Computing Weekly |
A high-speed, action packed arcade game that requires instantaneous response to the many alien attacks encountered. These aliens are of four types: Groupies, Skaters, Bouncers and Wanderers. Each attack in their own style and need to be avoided throughout the game. Objectively you have to overcome the defence mechanisms of the reacter complex, find the transporter capsule to enter the inner chambers and subsequently find and destroy the reactor. On completion of this hazardous mission you then have another trip fraught with even more danger. Good graphics and sound bring the game to life giving more depth than the two-dimensional screen imagery. Never certain whether I had five livesor only four to squander, it did seem that a lot of playtime was spent blasting away at brick walls which were obviously built when bricks were 10 a penny. The cleverly designed opening screen with a scrolling message along the bottom line leaves no doubt about the actions to be taken. User-friendly throughout, an instruction page which is clear and concise is followed by a brief demonstration routine. Being largely an amalgamation of maze games and shoot-outs the program lacks any originality, but is nevertheless a good implementation of this genre. This is grossly overpriced for this type of game, which is now outdated with the advent of 3-D graphics and expansible use of the Amstrad's sophisticated sound commands. If you need a laser blaster then this is as good as any other, but that's all.
D.H. , HCW |
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Page créée en 204 millisecondes et consultée 5333 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. |
