Review by YOR on 07 May 2021 (Rating: 2)
Might as well go ahead and look at the other Bombscare game on the database. And no it's not a sequel, you thank the original World of Spectrum for how it's listed in this site since that's where most of the this site's database is directly based on, in fact they shared the same server and everything I believe. Anyway enough about that dead site we're taking about Bombscare and well this looks like it could be a fun little game when you get your head around it, or rather if. Going by Cruel's when he states he didn't know what to do with the items, er what are the items exactly? Most of them didn't seem to do a thing. I did get a gun, or at least it looked like a gun and yet I died before I could use it. Then another item teleported me back to the start and I died almost immediately afterwards. I then got teleported again to an area which contained an exit, naturally I went to the exit and I failed because the bomb was still active, but I left with my life and got a 10,000 points bonus and I'm calling it a moral victory. It's confusing and the items appear to be mostly useless but at least it's playable unlike that other bloody Bombscare game.
This budget offering from Firebird puts you in command of a nice little robot called ARNOLD. Your task is to defuse a bomb planted by evil Aliens into a terrestrial space station orbiting around Neptune. To do this, you must find four tools and finally go to the bomb, before the whole place blows up. You could also run straight to the exit, but that would be lame to say the least (boo!).
The playing area is huge and is presented in semi-isometric 3D. Luckily, there are 8 teleport stations scattered around which can make your exploration easier, once you get to know their names in order to move between them! Alien invaders infest the area, you can zap them with your lasers but ammunition is limited, as well as your energy, which inevitably drops when you make contact with your enemies.
Graphics are neat, although there is not much variation between the various screens, and sound is your average collection of 48K bleeps and noises. Gameplay is based on exploration, and the nasties are best avoided, since the droid moves rather fast and hitting them with the laser can be tricky.
Although neither very original nor complex, Bombscare is competently made and gives the player a respectable amount of entertainment, as every game in the £1.99/Lit. 5000 price range should do.
