Reviews

It actually delivers what the title promises, lots of frantic action, in the shape of a top view horizontal shoot'em up - in which your "aircraft" is a magic carpet nonetheless. Graphics are colourful and feature some nice monsters. It's a very apt game for players affected by attention deficit disorder. It's a fun, depthless game - with a strange bonus section I didn't understand very well. Weird whistley sounds in the main screen, and acceptable effects in the game.
3,5/5

Programmed by Ernieware, the Dutch team behind the notorious Split Personalities, and released in a two-game pack together with Thunderceptor. As the title itself says, it's fast and furious - a frantic shoot-em-up where you, aboard a flying carpet, must battle against some very strange creatures, dodge obstacles and collect tokens to deliver to a character at the end of each level. There you must discover which tokens will please the character, thus rebuilding your energy. Action is very fast, enemies come to you in thick formations so you often cannot dodge them, and this weakens playability to some extent. However it's nice to look at, and the original setting adds novelty value. 3.5/5.

Before the movie and its 50 million sequels there was this. I have only loaded up the game for 32 seconds and already I am regretting it! Why are there birds cheeping at the title screen? I thought this was a car racing game not a bird watching simulator. But as it turns out it's not a racing game either, it's a shooter. You have to drive your cars and avoid various obstacles whilst shooting enemies when they appear on screen. I have to say they weren't kidding calling this fast because this is really fast! Probably too fast! And as result it's a tad unplayable in parts, but they said it was “fast” and “furious”, and it is so what did you expect? It also looks nice as well, some nice use of colour here which makes it truly stand out. It is shame this was not released on its own because this could have been well received I feel if released in a budget price. It looks nice, plays as fast it's advertised and it will most likely leave you feeling furious as well. Plus, it was more fun than watching any of the Fast and Furious movies, so as far as I'm concerned, result.

1987 Go! (UK)
by Ruud Peske, Ernest Peske and Mark Stracha

A classic side viewed shoot 'em up with Aladdin type men riding on carpets instead of spaceships or planes.
It's very colorful and the overal presentation is nice, but nothing extraordinary. The name is very accurate in depicting the speed of the game, it's really fast 'n' furious and can be also quite infuriating because before you control your carpet correctly you will crash a few more times than what is expected. A fun average shoot 'em up with an original theme.