Yet another collection of mainly machine code games
that are fast and furious fun. In BUCKS you fly a helicopter and bomb
the ground below trying to dig up buried money. All the time you must
avoid bombs being dropped by a passing plane. Some excellent explosions
and other effects make this one well worth seeing. BUGGY is a sort of
Pole Position on sand or dodgems in the desert! You must drive your
buggy across the sand without bumping all the other buggies otherwise
you will loose time. Another one with good graphics. CRYSTAL is a space
shoot out with a difference in that you need to work out Just what to
shoot and when to shoot to succeed. You need to blast a special crystal
but it is protected by a force field so you must figure out how to get
to it. If you do destroy it you get the chance to access the Crystal
Caverns where the purpose of your mission is discovered. PARALLAX is
fast and furious with your ship on a grid being attacked from all four
sides by missile launchers. You need to clear the grid whilst keeping
four eyes on the sides! Sounds simple but it is fast and with great
sonics, a lot seems to happen and it is quite a challenge. BUMPBALL is a
sort of pinball with sliding bumpers with which you must deflect balls
in to various pockets to score points. Not as easy as it might seem and
quite frustrating at times. CHISELLER is multiple Breakout but you do
need paddles to play. With two bats and two or more balls in play this
adds considerably to the challenge of one of the most addictive games of
all time. TRACER Is a sort of worms In space in which you must avoid the
bulls of three other ships and try to survive longer than they do.
Another familiar theme but well done and challenging. In machine code so
it is a lot smoother than earlier games of this type. A nice relaxing
game of golf might be just what you need after all that blasting and
last, but not least, is PROGOLF, the only non-machine language game but
still a lot of fun. Choose your club and choose the direction, get on
the green and the hole comes up on screen for the final put. Quite a
nice little game to round off an excellent collection.
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