Reviews

Artic's version of the classic Missile Command. The basic idea is you are in control of the defences of a row of cities under nuclear attack. Warheads reign down in vapour trails and you have to destroy them before they hit home. This version you also get 3 missiles bases that can get destroyed so it is very easy to end up with no weapons to fire. Now this is the HARD . When I saw you got a new city at 1000 points instead of 10,000, I thought they were being generous. Nope. I thought maybe level 1 was the hardest so I switched to 3. Barely lasted 20 seconds! You get only 30 missiles if all your missile bases survive and on the first screen on level 1, I counted 20 warheads to hit – no chance! The keyboard layout is awful but the controls are responsive. As with all these type games a joystick is better, but I feel this one would benefit most from using one, but it’s still fast and hard. Again like Silversofts version you can sometimes get better results just manically firing rather than placing your missiles which rather defeats the object for me The graphics are average for the period but with nice explosions and sound effects. Difficulty 5 out of 5 – no chance of getting an extra city. Overall a decent spectrum version if you still have the reactions of a 13 year old and like your games hard. Otherwise, try the Anirog or Ocean versions

Armageddon (Ocean)4
Missile Defence (Anirog) 4
Armageddon (Silversoft) 3
Earth Defence (Artic) 3
Electro Storm (PSS)3
Repulsar (Softek) 2
Cruise Attack (Mikro-gen)2