A whole host of flying or space based games, many in
machine code. POLAR EXPLORER starts us off with a simple game in which
you control a submarine and have to shoot down helicopters and planes
that are trying to bomb you. Nice horizontal scrolling in this one. RAID
ON GRAVITRON is a cracker, somewhat like the classic Encounter but in
space. Your view is through the window of your ship as you hurtle
through star fields shooting at incoming tie fighters. Survive these and
you will have to survive the rigours of the time tunnel were the correct
gates must be blasted to get through. If you survive you will come
across the Allen Stockpile where dozens of ships are being prepared. If
you can avoid the protective force fields you can destroy them all, but
it is not easy. ASTRO WARRIORS is a neat two player game that uses ships
similar to those in Asteroids. The objective is simply to shoot your
opponent but things get difficult if you choose to fight in Solar Orbit
or around the dreaded Black Hole which will suck you in if you get too
close. SPIDER CITY is very much in Defender mould except that the action
takes place in an underground labyrinth, mapped out on screen. Shoot all
the enemy craft as you try and clear all of the caverns. Excellent
smooth scrolling and sound make this one top class. AIR RAID is again
similar in style to Defender but here you have to protect ground based
installations from incoming squadrons of enemy aircraft out to bomb
them. Best tactics are to go out to sea to confront them but you will
need to watch your fuel and ammo supplies and you must return to base
every so often to top up. Another quality game with great scrolling.
Fillers are a couple of Basic programs, AIR DEFENSE in which you fire an
anti-aircraft gun trying to judge the right height and STELLAR DEFENSE,
a very simple yet highly effective game in which you blast incoming
ships on a Tetris like playfield. With so many top class machine code
games this one represents excellent value for money.
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