| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ ROLAND ON THE RUN (c) AMSOFT/EPICSOFT ★ |
| Cahiers de l'Amstrad Magazine | Personal Computer Games |
Roland, who is not, as some may expect, plagued with diarrhoea, is apparently a convict trying to escape arrest. When you first see him, he's standing in a train looking very white (I think this is due to the graphics rather than the state the poor guy's in). Anyway, he's got to cross this road to get to his hideaway (...sounding familiar yet?) However, instead of jumping inbetween the trucks you've got to jump into the back of them. Frogger! I hear you say. Yes, but I'm afraid this one is no improvement on the original. At the beginning you're given a choice of how many men you're going to need for the job (1 - 255) - I recommend 255. This may seem excessive to one who's not played the game, but I assure you it is indeed necessary. To add to this there's a choice of skill levels, but it didn't seem to make much difference when I played. Then, having made your choices, you get to the screen complete with train, trucks, a town and a hideaway. The problem is, your little guy can only jump when he's flashing (no wise cracks here please!), which he does very quickly for about half a minute. If you don't manage to jump him from train to truck in that time you've had it, until he flashes again. Mind you, you've always got men on the go, since as soon as one has moved on, (or passed on), another of your store takes up residence in the train. The sound, which I believe I haven't mentioned yet (with good cause) consists of occasional beeps which occur when you jump off the train, or when you die. What with flashing men and jerky scrolling, minimal sound and not much point to the game, I don't think there's anything more to say, do you?. Samantha Hemens |
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Page créée en 370 millisecondes et consultée 4718 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. |
