J Keneally has come up with a simple but challenging strategy game, that also makes good use of the Amstrad's sound commands This is a simple game that doesn't take weeks to type in, but needs some quick strategic thinking to play well. The object is to trap the mouse (a diagonally moving dot) into a small area in the top left of the screen in the shortest possible time (lowest score is the best). You will soon get to know how small the area has to be. Barriers are drawn using the four cursor keys, and you can remove a barrier by holding down the SPACE key as well as a cursor key. Barriers can only be drawn horizontally or vertically. Most of the BASIC commands available for controlling the sound chip have been used in the game, so it is worth studying if you want to know how these can be used in practice. Home Computing Weekly #120 |