Reviews

1986 Quicksilva (UK)
by John Pickford, Paul Ranson, Ste Pickford, Pete Harrison and Dave Whittaker

The objective of the game is to destroy all ten reactors scattered around the Abraxas fake island using a hang glider disguised as a motor bike.
The game looks better than it actually is.
The ability to turn your motorbike into a hang glider when you drive downhills is rather nice and is one of the best features in the game. But once you master that and learn how to destroy a radio mast, the game becomes a bit dull and repetitive.
Play it in 128k mode, the music is simply superb and you will enjoy the game a lot more.
3,5 stars

Not a very exciting game, one that easily and quickly gets dull and uninteresting. The only reason I keep going back to this is to hear the fantastic 128K music.

Controlling the glider is fun but you'll spend most of the time on the bike which quickly gets dull. A nice idea but maybe one that would've worked better in 2D?

by Binary Design Ltd (John Pickford, Paul Ranson, Ste Pickford, Pete Harrison, David Whittaker)

I played this nice game a lot back at the time, but I never accomplished much, aside being drained of all my energy by the defense posts protecting the military base or whatever it is, at the centre of the small island. I did many tours of the island, anyway. It's an original concept, particularly the transformation of your motorbike in a glider when you descend a sufficiently high slope, which should enable you to bomb the base. Of course, I was never able to destroy anything, except myself.
3,5/5