You find yourself shooting lots of things with this
one, but once in a while you'll have to run instead! Start off at the
shooting gallery, there are two to choose from. By far the best is SPACE
GALLERY in which aliens move along various levels, hiding behind rocks
as space craft fly along overhead. Loads of colour and action make this
one of the best shooting galleries on the Atari. If you like the pace a
little more sedate you can try DUCK SHOOT which has a familiar theme,
just like the fairground shooting booths. Just shoot anything that comes
along. Shooting of a different kind comes in ROCKET RAIDERS, an early
commercial release by Artworx. You have to defend the city from incoming
missiles which will try and break through the shield arced above the
buildings. A 3-D view adds to the atmosphere but this is a fairly simple
game of timing and judgement. Enough shooting, time to run! REBEL PROBE
is a multi-room game in which you have to try and get the robot probe
out of a complex in which it has photographed secret plans. You must
avoid the walls and barriers and, of course the patrolling sentries who
guard each room. CAVERNS OF DEATH has top class graphics in a maze game
with both overhead and side views of your progress. You must find your
way around and avoid the poisonous snakes which you find everywhere.
There are ladders which seem to lead down to other levels but you will
need to find a key to unlock their secrets. This is another game from
Germany with great graphics and lots of challenge, especially as you
only have one life! We round off with a couple of maze games. MAZE MANIA
has simple graphics and the task of finding a few gems scattered about
but is surprisingly addictive as you try and remember the way from one
screen to another. The last one is a 3-D maze in which you get a short
glimpse of the layout and then try and find your way out in 'real'
perspective.
Boot with Basic.
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