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Reviews for Quondam (#12031)

Review by p13z on 15 Jun 2013 (Rating: 3)

Freebie shooter / puzzler / vertically scrolling game from a Crash covertape.
The look of this game is striking, and the animation of your ship is excellent. There is a bit of shooting and avoiding action, and it looks like there could be a reasonably interesting puzzle game involved. If only I could get past the controls and disorientation. Always travelling vertically up or down regardless of actual direction, combined with the speed of your craft inexplicably correlating to its altitude, leaves little mental agility for addressing the shooting and puzzles in the game.
Worth a look for its visual appeal, and in fairness, very good for a freebie.

Review by The Dean of Games on 11 Jul 2014 (Rating: 2)

1989 Ocean Software (UK)
by John Gibson and Karen Davies

I was impressed with the beginning of the game, the ship movement is awesome and unusual. But then I tried getting into the game, and boy is this confusing. The controls are a pain and it's hard to master your ship. The puzzle part (reminiscent of other Denton Design games) is probably the easiest part, but the pieces all look the same an it's really not that interesting. A poor game by Denton Designs, with great ideas but very undeveloped.