★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ THE ARCHERS (c) LEVEL 9/MOSAIC ★ |
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Hello, me old pals, me old beauties! This is the evergreen story of country folk transferred from steam wireless to computer chip. Yes, it's The Archers, the Original radio soap which has been telling the everyday story of the farming community of Ambridge for around 30 years. The game is in four pans, and the objective of each part is to increase the audience figures by one million. This is achieved by selecting one of three choices in plot direction, offered at intervals throughout the narrative of the script, which contains a number of sub-plot themes. In each part you follow the events from the viewpoint of a different Archers character. Starting off, you are Jack Woolley, self made man and the owner of Grey Gables country club. He is having trouble with Higgs, who breaks a window one night when drunk. Should you sack him. dock his wages for the repair, or speak severely lo him? Your decision affects his subsequent behaviour, and your chances in the Crysanthemum Show – without Higgs the blooms may start to wilt! Is Higgs in love, going mental, or his behaviour a family trait? The outcome of your script results in regular memos from the Controller of Radio 4, giving the audience research figures on interest, realism, and standards, as well as the total number of listeners. Upsetting them puts him in an awkward position, and if you've got the Tories up in arms about left wing bias, even 3.5 million listeners won't save you from getting the sack – and having to start the section again! Scripted by real Archer's scriptwriters and produced by Level 9, this game features the now familiar Level 9 adventure format, except that input is by number, selecting from the list of choices offered. Keith Campbell, Computer & Video Games - Issue #63 (1987) |
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Page créée en 518 millisecondes et consultée 3127 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. |