| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ THE BOGGIT (c) CRL/DELTA 4 ★ |
| TILT | Amstrad Action | Amtix |
The latest offering from CRL is another Delta 4 game, co-authored by the inimitable Fergus Mc Neill and Judith Child. The Boggit as the title suggests, is a spoof of The Hobbit. The game is made up of three Quilled sections (all illustrated) that run across two sides of the cassette. The game itself is packed in a similar fashion to Robin of Sherlock (reviewed a couple of months ago) with a tongue in cheek map printed on the reverse side of the inlay.
The game includes some sound effects as well as graphics but the real gems in Delta 4 games are in the text. The sense of humour Fergus and co have used well in previous offerings has been excelled here. This is the first humourous adventure game I've actually laughed out loud at. Before I go any further, it should be pointed out that some of the humour is particularly cruel but subtlely so. The plot is picked up as you go along. This means having to sit through several very long messages describing other characters' situations and backgrounds. It's all very entertaining stuff and the fact that it eats up memory doesn't really matter because of the multiple loads. However, it isn't just the text that makes you giggle. Before long you find yourself overloaded with credit cards, message cards and just about every other type of card you can think of. When Grandalf does his impersonation of the man from the Milk Tray with a box of explosive and poisonous chocolates, Bimbo gets bitten on the loo, you meet the three trolls (complete with Bernard Matthews caricature) and encounter two dodgy elves, you know this game isn't going to be a run of the mill affair. There's a lot more to see and do than in Robin of Sherlock. As a result, the game flows better and appears less contrived. Just when you're concentrating on something, the game starts talking to you about something totally different. There's even a nice tribute to Steve Meretzky of Infocom at one point. The vocabulary is reasonable and the various room descriptions are full of subite humour. The graphics are colourful and well proportioned yet only compliment the the game rather than impose on it. A good decision was made to try and put any humour into the graphics (as opposed to those in Hunchback — The Adventure). Some of the responses, whilst written in Fergus McNeill's suita- The Boggit is an excellent step forward for Delta 4 and they deserve to do well from it. It's always good fun to send something up, but a well written spoof is a rarity. In this field, Delta 4 are on the way to establishing themselves as the masters. The game is a must for those who enjoy both sophisticated satire and a good adventure.
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Page créée en 961 millisecondes et consultée 3308 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. |
