| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ HEARTLAND (c) ODIN COMPUTER GRAPHICS ★ |
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Take heart It's not often that we bother to review versions of games that make it onto other machines - the reason is simple If a conversion is good, then the game will be exactly like the old version, so there is little point in going over old ground If it is bad. well, it's so obvious that it doesn't need the likes of us to point it out But the Amstrad version of Heartland (previously on Spectrum) is something exceptional.
On the Spectrum, you might remember, it was very well received as an atmospheric. well designed arcade adventure However, on Amstrad, although the total number of locations is smaller (and the map slightly different) each location and character has been totally redrawn in 16 glorious colours with some very smooth scrolling and animation thrown in. The result is simply the best looking arcade adventure yet on the PC machines -and pretty good sound to boot. The game plot has your good self striding through Heartland in search of the 12 pages that make up the final chapter of a book -six 'light' pages that must be collected and six dark* pages that must be destroyed. There are two pages on each of the first four levels, The Garden, Moonbase. The Caves and The Castle, with four residing in The Village. To complete a level, you must collect both pages then return to your bed - for the whole thing is a dream ... or is it? On completion, another section of graphics code is loaded in - around 128K over all levels - but it shows. Each has distinctive scenery and monsters that has set a new standard for Amstrad games. Not that Heartland is just about graphics. The gamesplay will stretch your mapping skills and the time limit will ensure you don't hang about. It does lack pause and save facilities - surely things no full price game should be without - but believe me, the charm and instant visual appeal of Heartland should have you hooked. John Cook , Popular Computing Weekly (1986-10) |
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Page créée en 057 millisecondes et consultée 3774 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. |
