WIWC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:18 pmEscape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters [Domark, 1990]
This is a really high quality game, and the release date reminds me that me & friends caught the speccy right at the end. Don't know exactly where, but it's somewhere in my top 10. I fired it up a while back 'just to remind myself' and ended up playing several levels (it's relatively easy to make progress). I don't know exactly why, but you can really picture yourself as the sprite.
Amazing graphics, even though it dares to use the ROM font!
WIWC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:18 pmEscape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters [Domark, 1990]
This is a really high quality game, and the release date reminds me that me & friends caught the speccy right at the end. Don't know exactly where, but it's somewhere in my top 10. I fired it up a while back 'just to remind myself' and ended up playing several levels (it's relatively easy to make progress). I don't know exactly why, but you can really picture yourself as the sprite.
Amazing graphics, even though it dares to use the ROM font!
I never got to grips with the rotate and move controls. Good game though, especially with 2 players.
Atmospheric horror movie license with horror multiload and frightening difficulty level.
86% in Your Sinclair, 83% in MicroHobby (5 Estrellas), 78% in Crash, 70% in Sinclair User.
edit: just watched the video walkthrough. It's one of the very rare games that gives you satisfying graphical sequences each time you accomplish an important task and when you finish the game. A certain effort has been put into the game.
Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart's Super Off Road [Virgin Games, 1990]
Sinclair User Classic (92%), Your Sinclair Megagame (91%), Crash Smash (90%),
C+VG HIT (94%), 830/1000 in ACE, 77% in MicroHobby.
Extremely playable race game.
Been playing Alien Syndrome this week. Even though it's a well-known game I never got into it. It's less polished, but more playable than I imagined.
Can't get past the first boss though—it's rock hard! I nearly got it using the flamethrower, but that meant I was in close quarters and lost my last life when it exploded.
There aren't many screens (but still make a map) and the puzzles are all sensible. Took me 731 turns, which is probably terrible by experienced players' standards.
Recommended for people that usually struggle with this genre.
There aren't many screens (but still make a map) and the puzzles are all sensible. Took me 731 turns, which is probably terrible by experienced players' standards.
Recommended for people that usually struggle with this genre.
Well done!
I managed to get 3/5 trolleys then gave up! I couldn't work out how to get the floorboards!