Eliminator

Your Sinclair

Overall 6/10

Duncan MacDonald 6/10

BARGAIN BASEMENT Make a mug of cocoa and stick yer tired feet on the coffee table ("Get them off" oo-er- mum), as Duncan MacDonald guides you through the spooky world of budget games. ELIMINATOR Alternative Software £1.99 Reviewer: Duncan MacDonald A right to lefty scroller, is Eliminator. You control a little spaceship as the scenery and nasties come towards you. The attack waves of the aliens (bubbles in level one) move around in a manner reminiscent of Zynaps but there the similarity ends. The graphics are monochrome and not fantastically detailed, but they're quite pleasant on the retina nonetheless. 'A competent and mildly addictive shoot 'em up' is how I'd describe this one. Fairly average stuff, really.

Crash

Graphics 40%

Playability 32%

Addictive Qualities 26%

Overall 34%

Mark Caswell 37%

Phil King 28%

Producer: Alternative Out of Pocket: £1.99 cass Author: Mark Wallace The Motare Nebulae is not one of the safest places in the galaxy: several craft have disappeared in this vicinity over the last few years. As Group Commander of the United Earth Space Force, it's your duty to investigate the secrets of this interstellar Bermuda Triangle. More like a washed out pair of Bermuda shorts. As you approach, the facts become all too clear. Two types of enemy ship, known to their friends as Killer Bubbles and Mutant Craft, do their best to send you in the same direction as the other unfortunate pilots (to heaven). As your ship flies across the horizontally scrolling landscape, wave after wave of vicious alien craft attack with their laser cannon. They don't call you the best laser gunner in the fleet for nothing - in fact they don't call you much at all, but you don't give a toss because you can shoot the scales off vile alien bodies and make 'em wish that they had stayed at home, instead of terrorising decent folk. Kicking alien bottom could be fun, but in this (yet another) Delta look-alike I'm sad to say the action is barely average. The sprites, though simplistic, are adequately drawn and there's no colour clash, which isn't surprising seeing as how most of the sprites are monochromatic. Endless waves of predictable enemy formations make the gameplay very samey and my patience snapped well before the end of the game. I would think twice about purchasing this one, but certainly not three times. MARK 37% THE ESSENTIALS JOYSTICKS: Kempston, Sinclair SOUND: not a sausage OPTIONS: definable keys

More like a washed out pair of Bermuda shorts.