Hawks

Personal Computer Games

Graphics 2/10

Sound 4/10

Ease Of Use 5/10

Originality 1/10

Lasting Interest 1/10

Overall 1/10

Chris Anderson 1/10

MACHINE: Spectrum 16/48K JOYSTICK: Optional CATEGORY: Arcade SUPPLIER: Lotus Soft PRICE: £5.50 Tedious Galaxians-type game in which you shoot down 'mutant birds' which are dropping 'eggs on parachutes'. Primitive, jerky graphics. You'd need to be a bird-brain to buy this one.

Crash

Overall 75%

Producer: Lotus-Soft, 16K £5.50 (1) Author: Derek Jones This is a pretty hefty shoot em up where you're pitted against waves of hawks which drop eggs. These eggs hatch out in the ground and become mutant hawks which form up for later attacks. You are in control of an old Asteroid Mining Vehicle which can fire missiles at the birds and also lay mines over the downed eggs. These also blow up the vehicle if the go off under it. There are also large number of control keys so speed and reflexes are of the essence. Good colours and graphics, plenty to do and exciting to play. Good control key positions and reasonable sound, multiple skill levels. General rating, good & addictive, overall CRASH rating 75%. 100% M/C.

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Crash

Overall 75%

Producer: Lotus-Soft, 16K £5.50 (1) Author: Derek Jones This is a pretty hefty shoot 'em up where you're pitted against waves of hawks which drop eggs. These eggs hatch out in the ground and become mutant hawks which form up for later attacks. You are in control of an old Asteroid Mining Vehicle which can fire missiles at the birds and also lay mines over the downed eggs. These also blow up the vehicle if the go off under it. There are also large number of control keys so speed and reflexes are of the essence. Good colours and graphics, plenty to do and exciting to play. Good control key positions and reasonable sound, multiple skill levels. General rating, good & addictive, overall CRASH rating 75%. 100% M/C.

Crash

Use of Computer 70%

Graphics 75%

Playability 77%

Getting Started 80%

Addictive Qualities 73%

Value For Money 75%

Overall 75%

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Producer: Lotus Soft Memory Required: 16K Recommended Retail Price: £5.50 Language: machine code It's a time in the distant future when an ice age has wiped out all but a pocket of humanity. Races of mutant birds with devilish intelligence have evolved and are trying to wipe out the humans. They attack in waves, dropping eggs on parachutes which bury themselves in the soil and then hatch out as large mutated Hawks to regroup and attack later in waves. The humans have found an old Asteroid Mining Vehicle which is equipped with a powerful missile launcher, a short range laser and a mine layer. Now it's up to you! A large mutated Hawk screams at the top of the screen, forming up the first attack wave of smaller birds. These can be shot out of the sky with the missiles, but soon they are dropping their eggs. You can shoot these too, using the missiles and lasers, in between dodging the swooping birds. The eggs which successfully reach the ground burrow in and you must lay a mine over their nest before they hatch, which blows them up when they emerge. Those that you fail to kill fly off, although you can still get them if you're quick before they disappear off the screen to wait their moment. GENERAL There are a large number of keys to control the game. Alternate keys on the bottom row from Caps Shift to Break/Space move the vehicle left or right. Any key on the second row fires the laser. Any key on the third row fires a missile and any key from the top row lays a mine. COMMENTS Keyboard positions: good if one too many Joystick options: none Keyboard play: responsive with fast movement Use of colour: very good Graphics: good Sound: average but put to realistic use Skill levels: not known Lives: six Screens: multiple

Lay mines, shoot the laser, fire missiles, kill aliens - a housewife's work is never done. HAWKS.