MEDIOCRE There was a time when Amstrad owners were justifiably worried about software support for their new machine, but with programs of the quality of Masterfile and Sorcery turning up I would say that time is now officially over. Of course, together with the supremely excellent comes. . . the supremely average, and Gauntlet (together with Killer Gorilla on Side B) falls very solidly into the latter category.  
Both have been previously released by Micropower for Acorn micros, and because the CPC 464 uses the same graphics chip (the 6845) they have 'reproduced the outstanding graphics almost exactly'. Outstanding? Two years ago on an inferior machine maybe. Today, no. What you get for your £9.95 are two arcade clones - Donkey Kong and Defender- that aren't actively bad (although the true graphic capabilities of the machine aren't touched), but just plain mediocre. Arcade fanatics can get better elsewhere. Alligata's Defend or Die for instance -so the only market for this package is the 'serious'programmer that wants some occasional light relief at a cheap(ish) price. Not recommended for seasoned campaigners though. PopularComputingWeekly850411 | 
