| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ JET-BOOT JACK (c) ENGLISH SOFTWARE/AMSOFT ★ |
Amstrad Computer User | PopularComputingWeekly |
HUMOUR English Software had a lot of success with the various versions of Jetboot Jack and has adapted the game for that young pretender, the Amstrad 464. The game has been around for such a long time (by software industry standards) that it looks a bit old-fashioned now. but as platform and ladders, dodge and collect games go it is one of the best. The idea is that Jetboot Jack has to move around the record-pressing plant, which has a curious high number of platforms and ladders, to collect notes and dodge bugs and gremlins. The use of jetboots means, you might note, that Mr Jetboot doesn't have to have animated legs -he just skims about.
Anyway you collect notes, duck overhanging rocks and little spider things, work out how to use the various elevators and go on screen after screen, each one with a different screen layout. There are ten screens in all, which is peanuts by today's standards, but there's good humour and quality of design about the game that makes it pretty good. Technically unexciting, but you could do worse. PopularComputingWeekly850411 |
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