★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ DETECTIVE (c) ARGUS PRESS/AMSOFT ★ |
Popular Computing Weekly) |
WATCHING I think the Amstrad is going to make it, you know. I say this without reference to the virtues of the machine (of which there are many) but use as evidence the fact that Amsoft, quite apart from the reasonable number of independent suppliers is steadily and regularly releasing software for the machine. A couple more programs have just turned up, Centre Court and Detective, the latter originally by Argus Press Software. Detective caught my eye as being, apparently, a bit different from the norm. "A game of deduction and tactics" it says on the box. It is a game for several players and involves, here and there, players being honest enough to turn their face from the screen and not looking at certain information which is only provided to each player individually - this is usually asking for trouble. The idea is that each player assumes a different character and by searching a mansion must discover the identity of the murderer (who has done in the butler). The computer shows you a map of the house and throws the dice for you. The answer is found by being in the correct location and entering the correct figures for weapon, murderer and motive. Actually, appearances being deceptive, this is really a souped-up version of Mastermind (rather than Cluedo) where you seek a series of colour patterns. As in that game for each guess you are told by the computer how many guesses are right and how many wrong - the competitive edge comes from trying to get to the right location and reasoning it out quickest. The graphics are OK and the game works reasonably well. Don't be fooled into thinking it is some sort of adventure though. PCW
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Page créée en 903 millisecondes et consultée 2100 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. |