| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ INDIANA JONES 2: THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (c) USGOLD/LUCASFIL ★ |
| A100% | Amstrad Magazine | Amstrad Action![]() |
I don't know about you, but I felt that the film lacked in substance and storyline and realism and... enough of that. I also felt that the game at the arcades did, as well. Did they copy it straight onto the Amstrad, or did they have to change something?
You play Indie in his quest to rescue the children trapped in The Temple Of Dooooom. Of course whilst you are there, being somewhat of a hunter of rare artifacts, you must also rescue the Stones of Ankara. Unlike the arcade version, you cannot choose from three skill levels. Apart from that the rest is true to life. The Thuggee guards still persist in following you everywhere and magically killing you by walking into you. The Emperor still pops up every now and again to welcome you to his Temple of Doom by throwing fireballs at you. You still have your whip by your side which you use to break the locks on the cages which hold the children, paralyse the Thuggee guards, stop the fireballs, make the Emperor disappear and to swing across gaps by lashing it round conveniently placed pit-props embedded into the stonework.
The railway is your only means of escape and is as difficult as the arcade one, with breaks in the line and the constantly ambushing Thuggee guards. Whatever I said in the first paragraph, this is still a good game to get. The movement is not as slow as some of the other US Gold conversions. The graphics are as varied as the real game, and the sound is just as good - except for the lack of speech, but then what do you want - miracles! Definitely one for my collection.
The Verdict GRAPHICS : 69% [ ] Lots of well drawn characters. SONICS: 66% [ ] Brilliant effects. GRAB FACTOR 71% [ ] Straight into the action as the guards surround you. STAYING POWER 74% [ ] Two different parts to the game. AA RATING 72% [x] Definitely a game you'll want to come back to. CJB, AA |
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Page créée en 153 millisecondes et consultée 6562 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. |