★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ THING ON A SPRING (c) GREMLIN GRAPHICS ★ |
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To call Thing on a Spring a platforms game would be an insult. It is sort of a platforms game but it is to Manic Miner what West Side Story is to Romeo and Juliet. Thing on a Spring has you taking on the role of Thing. Your task is to save an unsuspecting world from the evil goblin (wasn't that an old Dr Who plot? - Ed). The aforementioned goblin is working from his underground factory deep in the bowels of the Earth. Thing has got into the factory but doesn't know his way around, you are bound to get lost and end up stuck within the game. To work out how to conquer the evil goblin you need to collect all nine pieces of a jigsaw which has been cut up and distributed throughout the building. The standard system of three lives and a bonus every 10,000 seems to be about as trendy as flares at the moment, so being a very fashion conscious Thing on a Spring your life is measured in oil. To stay alive you need to keep your spring oiled (I once knew an artist who worked in oils). As you enter each new room the soft platforms re-appear but any object you have collected will stay in your possession. There is a good variety of sprites, some Spectrums, little cars, ducks and trains - all very cute but none quite as user-cuddly as Thing himself. The animation is brilliant - who could fail to love Thing as he bounces around the screen, somersaulting over blocks and sliding down ramps? ACU #8606
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Page créée en 197 millisecondes et consultée 2409 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. |