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UBIsoft is a French software house making its first entry into the UK market with what looks like a distinctive and original game. The plot is simple enough: the dead are coming back to life, and you have to help four of the living stay that way. It's all acted out as an icon-driven adventure in a supermarket.
You start on the roof of the supermarket next to your helicopter, which is badly in need of fuel. Your aim is to refuel the chopper and get away from the hordes of zombies surrounding the store. The screen is split into several areas showing your location, the icon menu, the character's status and the other characters you can control. The drawings of each location are detailed and atmospheric, with objects and equipment you can use clearly indicated by splashes of colour. Everything is icon-controlled from a scrolling menu at the bottom of the screen. There's a wide range of options such as moving, using vehicles, picking up and holding objects, using objects, activating equipment, eating, sleeping, opening and closing things, and saving the game. You won't need to use all of them to begin with; it's best to familiarize first with movement and object commands. As the you explore you run into zombies who initially have to be beaten off by waggling the joystick. But they can be knocked off with weapons if you can find them. There are many objects that will have to be put to use to get out again, and this is tough because of the continual attention of the zombies. It will take some time to get into the game but it has a lot to offer in the way of detailed atmospheric graphics, unusual game control and tough tasks. Not for those who like a game that's easy to get to grips with. BW , AA#16
SECOND OPINION : Zombi sounds as though it could be a smash. Unfortunately Jack of instructions and bugs (at least in the review copy) are its downfall -anybody know what the 'Safeguard' disk is? From the opening title screen, you expect to be in for a treat. I suppose in a way you are. if you can figure out what to do. The graphics and layout are of high quality, the instructions are somewhere in the English Channel and me, I'm confused! RpM FIRST-DAY TARGET SCORE : Find some guns GREEN SCREEN VIEW : Iz hokay - très bien! |
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Page créée en 121 millisecondes et consultée 18377 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. |
