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AT THE DROP OF AN ARROW
Most people are familiar with the Legend of ROBIN HOOD, the brave peasant who robbed the rich to feed the poor. Recently the legend has been portrayed on TV as well as in an adventure game by Adventure International. Now ODIN have brought the legend to the Amstrad in the form of an arcade game.
Our legendary hero despatches one of the sheriff s evil minions.In true Errol Flynn style, Robin (the Hood, not Candy) takes on the enemy three at a time.
There came into the Sheriff of Nottingham's possession a silver arrow which meant nothing to the Normans, the Saxons, however, held it to be a sacred symbol of freedom. Wishing to ensnare the young Robin, who was creating havoc for the Normans by doing a spot of robbing here and there, the Sheriff offered the silver arrow as a prize in an archery contest. Quite aware that Robin would not be able to refuse the challenge, the wicked Sheriff deployed his legions of killer knights in trie forest around the castle, with orders to slay Robin on sight.
You play the part of Robin and must get him to tne competition in one piece. But don't despair — your quest is not totally hopeless. To start with, you are armed with a trusty cudgel — fine for doing a bit of Norman bashing, but it is a dead loss in an archery competition! Fortunately, somewhere in the wood is a wise old Ent (of Lord of tne Rings fame) who has in his keeping a nice pointy sword, a bow and three arrows BUT you must pay him three bags of gold for each item.
Finance comes in the form of a fat Bishop whose pockets are overflowing with gold, although before you can get his money you must overcome his contingent of crossbow wielding knights. No easy task, but being tne mighty Robin of the Wood it shouldn't prove impossible.
Also lurking in the great Wood is an old NHS Hermit complete with life-restoring elixirs. Just walk up to him if you're injured, and should he be in a good mood he gives you an extra life. As well as the hermit there are a few witches who can be a help or a hindrance depending on how many flowers you carry (they use flowers for their magical mixtures, generally the more you have to offer, the better).
So there you have all the details. Now drool over the pictures. Robin of the Wood should be hitting the shops soon and it will set you back £9.95. From what we've seen of the game so far, we think it will be worth it.
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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.
