Galaxy Attack

Crash

Producer: Sunshine Books, 48K £5.95 This is a real zaparoony of a game with loads of playability, but be warned, you need to be an alien with three hands or a 15-digit Uruggian for keyboard control. The program comes in three parts: in space as you approach the Uruggian's planet, you must destroy their waves of fighters by centering the sight cross hairs; then on the planet's surface, where your landed ship is surrounded by walkers and fighter; and then the finale attack on the orbiting mother ship. Control response is good, colour and sound excellent, and the simple response is good, colour and sound excellent, and the simple 3-dimensional aliens work well. Recommended. No joystick.

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Crash

Producer: Sunshine Books, 48K £5.95 This is a real zaparoony of a game with loads of playability, but be warned, you need to be an alien with three hands or a 15-digit Uruggian for keyboard control. The program comes in three parts: in space as you approach the Uruggian's planet, you must destroy their waves of fighters by centering the sight cross hairs; then on the planet's surface, where your landed ship is surrounded by walkers and fighter; and then the finale attack on the orbiting mother ship. Control response is good, colour and sound excellent, and the simple response is good, colour and sound excellent, and the simple 3-dimensional aliens work well. Recommended. No joystick.

Crash

Producer: Sunshine Books, 48K £5.95 This is a real zaparoony of a game with loads of playability, but be warned, you need to be an alien with three hands or a 15-digit Uruggian for keyboard control. The program comes in three parts: in space as you approach the Uruggian's planet, you must destroy their waves of fighters by centering the sight cross hairs; then on the planet's surface, where your landed ship is surrounded by walkers and fighter; and then the finale attack on the orbiting mother ship. Control response is good, colour and sound excellent, and the simple response is good, colour and sound excellent, and the simple 3-dimensional aliens work well. Recommended. No joystick.

Sinclair User

Gilbert Factor 4/10

SLOWEST GAME IN THE GALAXY Galaxy Attack is possibly the slowest machine code space-arcade game for the 48K Spectrum. The graphics used look as if they were prepared for the readers programs section of a computer magazine and there seems to be no professional sheen to the game at all. You must take your ship through the depths of space, destroying as many alien ships as possible on your way, before you crash-land on a far-off planet. The object of your quest, once you have crashed, is to repair your spaceship before the deadly walkers destroy you. If you reach the third part of the game, which we very much doubt you will, you will find yourself fighting the mothership. We doubt that you will get further than the second level, as the first will sap all your key-pushing strength. The displays used are colourful but flat and lifeless. Galaxy Attack is a game for those who are willing to spend hours wading through instructions displayed on the computer screen. It can be obtained from Sunshine Books, [redacted]. It costs £5.95.

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C&VG (Computer & Video Games)

THE AWESOME ROBOTS AIM TO KILL! If you think of cute characters like Metal Mickey when somebody mentions robots then forget it. Start thinking about homicidal laser-spitting death droids! In Androids, the latest game from Sunshine Software of London, you are being pursued through a maze by the robots. You are armed with a gun - though this has limited fire power and will have to be replenished from time to time by walking over the coloured squares. Androids is available from Sunshine at £4.95. The game will run on the Spectrum in 16 or 48K. Also new from Sunshine this month for the Spectrum is space shoot 'em up called Galaxy Attack for the 48K machine. Your ship has crashed on a distant planet. It's a race against time to rebuild your craft in time before the alien Walkers reach it and blast your defenceless crew.