Reviews

This game seems pretty original in its plot and presentation but the gameplay is far too weird for my taste .

Keep trying ! 3 out of 5 .

by John T. Harris

The little man running to his horse after being unsaddled looks like a madman chasing pigeons and geese in the park. The collisions are unprecise and prospectically wrong. And after while you get tired to hit yet another cactus and to find yourself lying down on the sand, and waiting for the sketch described in the first sentence to finish once again. Still it's scoring 6.53 of average from 17 votes on WoS. It's got two positive reviews on Spectrum 2.0, and I've seen an old Crash review which says is good. I think I'm gonna take another look before emanating the final verdict on this important matter.

edit:
No, sorry, it's too hard and waiting for that sketch to finish is unhorseable.
2/5

edit: I'd like to see a rzx of this one [there's still none]. Anyway, I quite like some of the graphics.

1984 Creative Sparks (UK)
by John Harris

One of the cutest fun games I've ever played on the Spectrum. The originality of some of the situations is brilliant. Matchstick figures representing the cowboys, the indians... all with a really funny look.
Level 3 was our favorite, It's when you jump on to the stagecoach and shoot at the indians, while guiding the passengers to safety.
I'm rating this higher than what it actually deserves because it's a special dear game to me, but at least a 4 I think it's well deserved.
BTW pressing fire will speed up some of the animations.