Microdeal
Colour
Only
£19.95.
The disk and booklet came in nice cardboard box (but
does the disk have to be loose?). The booklet - two unstapled pages
- gives you enough information to get started and know what you are
up against, other details you will find out from experience.
The intro
screen is a neat revolving sign and if no button is pressed then the
program goes into auto mode. This is a single or two player game
with each taking turns on the road. The object is to destroy enemy
cars - but not civilians - and to survive. There are several choices
of weapons, and the operating keys can be re-programmed (a nice
touch). At the start, you will only have the choice of forward
firing cannons. Your success can be recorded on a high score table
written to disk.
The game
starts with a truck driving along a road. The ramps drop you off and
you are on your own. When the truck reappears, fortunately a regular
occurrence, you must call it using one of the keys then climb the
ramp to be rewarded with a new weapon (anti-helicopter missiles,
repulsor, turbo, oil jets, smoke). The truck will then dump you onto
the road again often, to my frustration, right in the middle of
trouble.
So who is the enemy? Any car that tries to shred your tyres, knock
you off the road or shoot at you is a car to take out. Added to all
this is a helicopter.
I normally
do not play arcade style games and usually find that I will stop
playing them altogether after a few days. This game is in a
different league. I really enjoy it and come back to it time after
time. As I am quite placid behind the wheel of my car, I feel a 'Jeckle-and-Hyde'
character with this game. How I wish my Scirroco was like this car!
The graphics are good and the scrolling is very smooth.
At a price of £19.95, I have no hesitation in recommending this
game. Bad points? Apart from the mother truck/ship pushing you off
the road or dropping you right in it, I have not come across any.
One point to note however. You will be using your mouse extensively
and the rollers will collect dust and grease. This effects your
overall handling and you will need to clean the rollers once in a
while. dropping oil and blowing holes in the road. You can also kill
civilians but be warned! Knocking out too many civilians will cause
a fighter to blow you up! You will soon become adept at knocking
cars off the road, until you meet up with your 'Evil Twin'! Watch
out for the car that shoots at you. I have nicknamed this the `Mafia
Staff Car', it is very effective!
Sometime during the game you will come to the river. Here, your car
will become a boat and the terrain will become very treacherous.
Oil, mines, other boats and islands are your main dangers. Beware
your own mother ship. I have been pushed into islands by it and lost
several lives! This is not an area for high speed. Once past the
river you are on the road again.
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