Crystal X Software If you take a look at page 56, you'll find a storming review of the excellent Stellar Outpost, a game from Angela Swinbourne of Crystal X Software. This is a home brewery that, for the year or so that it's been around, has specialised in strategy games. Anyway, we thought we'd have a flick through Crystal X's catalogue. Mantis Crystal X Software's one foray into the action game genre frankly isn't very successful. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against action games, it's just that the rest of this collection shows a huge swing towards intelligent strategy titles, and the inclusion of a pretty bog-standard action game sticks out like a purple aardvark at an ant convention. To be honest, it doesn't really compare well to a lot of action titles you'll find in the PD scene (the PD scene is very good at repetitively churning out little space ship games). You just pilot your ship around a maze-like screen, avoiding getting blasted and that's about it. Vaguely enjoyable. AA#99  
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