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Tynesoft
48k disk £9.95
48k cassette £7.95
1 Player
Joystick
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Tynesoft have taken
a lot of stick from me for the awful Jetset Willy but they've made
amends with PHANTOM, a brilliant arcade adventure which should help
restore their credibility.
The scene is set as follows:- Those darn ghosts have
been creating havoc again. As Professor of Astro-Physics with more
than a passing interest in Psychic Phenomena you are well prepared
for the situation. Equipped with your experimental nuclear
accelerator you must destroy all the ghosts, monsters and other evil
apparitions that live in the four buildings you have been asked to
visit.
Gameplay is based around a variety of maze type screens viewed from
above. There are several rooms per building and progressing through
the rooms is accomplished by collecting a series of keys which allow
you access to subsequent rooms. Your eventual aim is to reach the
Transporter Room on the bottom floor of each building. You gain
bonus points for clearing a room of it's ghostly inhabitants, but
overuse of your weapon will drain your reactor, and isotope power
packs are few and far between. A close encounter with an apparition
will accelerate your ECG rate. If it reaches 100 BPM it's curtains
for you, so a degree of caution is advisable. A superb control panel
situated below the maze lets you keep track of all these important
readouts.
Graphics, colour and animation are beyond criticism and the
background music, which changes repeatedly during gameplay, is
quality stuff. Maybe PHANTOM isn't quite as complex as other games
in this format, but it's far easier to get to grips with than most
of them and should therefore have a much wider appeal. Top marks for
this one Tynesoft. It's a winner all the way!!
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