| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ MARAUDER (c) HEWSON ★ |
| A100% | Amstrad Action | CPC Revue | MICRONEWS |
Long, long ago the Jewels of Ozymanoius were stolen by a cruel and despotic civilisation and buried deep beneath the surface of the planet Mergatron. You need to recover the jewels ar.d in your Marauder Battlecar arrive on the planet, which is protected by an ancient defence . An aerial view of the scrolling playing area shows your car and its surroundings. A panel below shows your lives, smart bombs and any messages that appear.
Then there's the weapon beacons which flash through red, yellow, cyan, blue, purple and green Red. yellow and cyan are beneficial: they give you an extra smart bomb, shields and a bonus life respectively. Shields makes you invulnerable for 10 seconds and the smart bombs blow away everything on screen Blue, purple and green are harmful: control reversal, lose a life and laser jammed are the consequences. The graphics are well drawn, colour is well used and the scrolling is very smooth. An excellent tune plays on the : tie screen and another even better one plays throughout the game. If you prefer sound effects then you can turn the tune off and have them instead First impressions of just another shoot-'cm up with pretty graphics disappear after a lew games. The weapon beacons, essential to solving the game, make a difference. Just going for extra lives is not a good idea, and there arc times when the only way out is to use a smart bomb. In some ways it's like Highway Encounter, with problems to be solved, hazards to be avoided and bad guys to blast. It has a similar addictive quality that keeps you wanting to play just once more. And the music is brilliant. FIRST DAY TARGET Complete zone 1 GBH, AA |
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Page créée en 673 millisecondes et consultée 6148 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. |
