1983 Titan Programs Ltd (UK)
by Stephen N. Curtis
Now here is a weird game and a quite pointless one I may add.
You control a sort of futurist warrior with a shield trapped in an Arena who's job is to deviate a sort of fireball and other strange objects from it's away ala 'Arkanoid' style. While that is happening the spiked walls from the sides are closing on him and the only way to escape is by deflecting the fireballs until reaching 1000 points. When that happens the walls move away a bit, when they reach the border of the screen one more fireball is added to the equation and it becames increasingly harder.
The controls are quite awckard and the game objective is boring, but it could be addictive to some players, so give it a try, but dont except nothing special.
Review by YOR on 01 Feb 2018 (Rating: 1)
This was release alongside Alien Swarm, a game I previously reviewed, in a two game bundle pack. I thought that wasn't a great game, at least it's a better game and A game compared to what this is. It's a bit like Pong and Breakout except you're just rebounding the flashy things off your bat and that's it. It gets boring within the first few seconds and it only gets worse throughout. Also, you'd think that when you enter your difficulty and speed that 1 and 0 would be the easiest options, no they are the hardest and quickest in the game, fooled me. The more flashy things they are the more confusing and unfair the game becomes, to the point that you can actually lose a life instantly after losing one previously. And then try playing the game in demonstration mode, even that sucks arse at this game manages to die instantly within the game's startup. And who wrote this again? Oh yes the same person who wrote the horrific Jackle and Wide game for Mastertronic four years later, nuff said.
