Reviews
Review by dandyboy on 06 Dec 2011 (Rating: 3)
THE GOONIES
One of those computer games that had everything to become classic but, alas, they didn´t.
Why ??
They just don´t seem to pass the test of time ...
This one remains very, very 80´s and kiddish like the film in which is based.
It is dated in a sense that doesn´t profit from the benefit of nostalgia. That´s why The Goonies has become old rather than vintage.
It is a pitty because I really like everything that surrounds THE GOONIES ... but time has been cruel to this obscure US Gold game which doesn´t even seem to have profited from the great popularity of the movie.
Sad case !
The tie-in from the famous film ends up on the Spectrum with a below-average effort. Sketchy graphics, almost no sound and pretty obvious puzzles make this a forgettable movie rendition.
by Paragon Programming Ltd (Scott Spanburg)
One of the first features I observe are the sketchy little sprites with a peculiar animation, that remind of Bruce Lee and Zorro, not coincidentally both from U.S. Gold as this movie licence, and, also, the gameplay seems to have something to do with the latter, although without the sword. It's a single screen affair, and you must escape from each screen controlling a couple of Goonies, which must help each other in order to succeed in going past all the trap doors, perils and dangers, using their [your] intelligence and activating secret passages, printing countefeit money, avoiding members of the Fratelli's family, some of them armed etc. etc. I think you can even play with a friend controlling a Goonie each simultaneously. It seems ok.
3,5/5
p.s. although the music is terrible.
Review by pajarines on 02 Nov 2017 (Rating: 5)
It seems technically relatively simple, but this is a puzzle game, very enjoyable, when you decide to think instead pressin keys.
The simplicity is what increases its value. I think it is still very playable....but do not wait a masterpiece technically, its magistery comes from the approach to the game...a puzzle game.
