1985 Automata UK (UK)
by Chris Edwards and Gavin Wade
None of the Pi man games are actually good. Heck, none of Automata games are any good. But regardless some are really cute and funny. "Pi There" falls in-between the funny and addictive type. It's not a well programmed game, you can feel that by Pi's jerky movement, but it's still very playable.
The game is self explanatory, although it may confuse players at the start due to it's unusual ideas. I admit I first fell in love with the game over the first level, which is quite unusual and the hardest. But after that it all started wearing off. Maybe the authors could have given more colour variation to the backgrounds to make the game more appealing or something else.
Pi There is a below average platform game, like most Automata games, with one or two fun ideas in the mix, but not much lasting appeal. A pity that one of the earliest character icons of the Spectrum, which so many "kids" remember, didn't get more quality in the games in which he starred.
