Mrs Mopp

Crash

Use of Computer 65%

Graphics 69%

Playability 75%

Getting Started 65%

Addictive Qualities 68%

Value For Money 79%

Overall 70%

Producer: Atlantis Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £1.99 Language: Machine code Author: Tina Billett Mrs. Mopp takes a second bow in the pages of CRASH as we reviewed it in our very first issue when it was originally marketed under Cornputasolve at the price of £5.50. As re-released by Atlantis, nothing has changed in the program and so our review in February still stands. But for those who never saw the issue, here is a brief summary. Mrs. Mopp's family is one of the messiest in the world - they litter cups clothes, dust and lord knows what else all over her kitchen. Moppsie has five utensils to help her in the task of cleaning up, two types of basket, a dustpan and brush and two trays. Each utensil is colour coded and can only be used to clear up specific items. The blue cups, for instance, may only be collected on the blue tray and the pale green clothes in the pale green basket. There's also a washing machine, a sink and dustbin. Each utensil will only hold so much and must be emptied periodically into the appropriate appliance. She can only hold one utensil a time and these are stored on shelves to either side. Litter starts appearing all over the place as soon as each game commenses, and as she cannot move past or over an object unless carrying the specific utensil for collecting it, the moveable floor space quickly becomes very restricted. When life becomes too unbearable there is a bottle of tipple to help restore her spirits, but beware of taking too much. The reviewers comments added up to Mrs. Mopp being a good game, original in concept, medium addictive and very playable. The value for money at the time was given as 71% and obviously at £1.99 that is considerably increased, although it should be said that since its release, the standards of software have risen somewhat, which modifies its increase in value. COMMENTS Control keys: A/Z up/down, N/M left/right and S for spells Joystick: Kempston Keyboard play: sensible positions, 8-directional, responsive Use of colour: good Graphics: good, well compiled Sound: fairly good Skill levels: 1 Lives: 1

Mrs. Mopp stars in her own vehicle as the house proud Haus Frau, a stirring computer game of everyday mess.

Personal Computer Games

Graphics 6/10

Sound 4/10

Ease Of Use 8/10

Originality 9/10

Lasting Interest 6/10

Overall 7/10

Chris Anderson 7/10

MACHINE: Spectrum 48K JOYSTICK: Kempston, Optional CATEGORY: Arcade SUPPLIER: Computasolve Ltd PRICE: £5.95 The arrival of this program offers mixed news to women's libbers. The good news is that it's written by a woman, Tina Billet. The bad news is that it features a harassed housewife trying to keep her kitchen tidy. Forget the social implications, it's a great game: original, challenging and addictive. Mrs Mopp's problem is that her beautiful kitchen is gradually being littered by dust and cups. She has to use a dustpan to pick up the dust and a container to pick up the cups. The trouble is she can only use one of these at a time, and after picking up ten objects, it needs emptying - in the dustbin or sink as appropriate. What's worse is that after emptying a few containers the game moves to a higher level and shirts, glasses and other objects start appearing. Each needs a different container to be cleared up. Very soon Mrs Mopp will find herself completely penned in, and her only means of escape is to cast a spell, of which she has a very limited number. One final complication is that as time moves on Mrs Mopp becomes exhausted and you must refresh her by moving her to the drinks table. If you leave her there she becomes less tired, then fit, then happy, and finally drunk, a state which causes her to lurch around the screen uncontrollably. I hate to admit it, but for once I really enjoyed doing the housework.

Crash

Overall 69%

Producer: Computasolve, 48K £5.50 (1) Author: Tina Billet The game which sets out to prove that it's better to create a mess than have to clean it up. Mrs Mopp's family must be the messiest in the world. They litter cups, clothes, dust and just about everything else all over the floor. Moppsie has five utensils to help her in the task, but only the correct utensil will pick up the appropriate rubbish. There's also a kitchen sink, washing machine and dustbin she must use when the utensil carried becomes full. Picking up a utensil is done simply by moving up against it and it can be deposited by reversing the sequence. Like any hard working housewife, Moppsie likes a tipple now and then to keep up up her spirits, but if you let her spirit level get too high she becomes drunk and disorderly. If the work load becomes too much, she'll give up and leave home! The only extra aids are magical spells, but all too often these seem to be out of stock. Well placed control keys, joystick: Kempston. Cute graphics, smooth movement and an original game to play. Reasonably addictive, overall CRASH rating 69% M/C.

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Crash

Overall 69%

Producer: Computasolve, 48K £5.50 (1) Author: Tina Billet The game which sets out to prove that it's better to create a mess than have to clean it up. Mrs Mopp's family must be the messiest in the world. They litter cups, clothes, dust and just about everything else all over the floor. Moppsie has five utensils to help her in the task, but only the correct utensil will pick up the appropriate rubbish. There's also a kitchen sink, washing machine and dustbin she must use when the utensil carried becomes full. Picking up a utensil is done simply by moving up against it and it can be deposited by reversing the sequence. Like any hard working housewife, Moppsie likes a tipple now and then to keep up up her spirits, but if you let her spirit level get too high she becomes drunk and disorderly. If the work load becomes too much, she'll give up and leave home! The only extra aids are magical spells, but all too often these seem to be out of stock. Well placed control keys, joystick: Kempston. Cute graphics, smooth movement and an original game to play. Reasonably addictive, overall CRASH rating 69% M/C.

Crash

Use of Computer 65%

Graphics 69%

Playability 75%

Getting Started 65%

Addictive Qualities 68%

Value For Money 71%

Overall 69%

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Producer: Computasolve Memory Required: 48K Recommended Retail Price: £5.50 Language: machine code Author: Tina Billet Mrs Mopp has two differences to the usual, it's written by a woman, and it's original in concept - at least as fares computer games go, if you're a housewife it's a plain old kitchen sink drama! Mrs Mopp's family is one of the messiest in the world, and even that's being kind to them. They litter cups, clothes, dust and lord knows what else all over the floor. Moppsie herself has five utensils to help her in the task, two types of basket, a dustpan and brush and two different trays. Each is colour coded and can only be used to clean up or collect specific items. The blue cups, for instance, may only be collected on the blue tray and the pale green clothes in the pale green basket. There's also a washing machine, a sink and a dustbin. When she's collected enough cups you must take her to the sink where you see the cups being washed, likewise for dust and washing. Collecting a utensil is done by moving up to it, rather as you did in Pssst. Mrs Mopps then changes from black to the colour of the utensil. As she moves over objects eligible to be collected, she picks them up. When overloaded she begins flashing and you must get her to the correct appliance. Depositing a utensil is done by sliding up to its empty slot. Like any hard working housewife, Mrs Mopp likes a little tipple. In fact there's a bottle and glass in the top left hand corner. If you take her up there you mustn't let her stay too long or she gets tipsy and then drunk, whereupon she jitters all over the place uncontrollably. When the mess gets too much and movement becomes impossible, Mrs. Mopp gives up and leaves home. End of game! COMMENTS Keyboard positions: well placed, A/Z up/down, N/M left/right and S for Spells. Joystick option: Kempston Keyboard play: responsive and 8-directional Use of colour: good Graphics: good, well compiled Sound: fairly good Skill levels: unknown, but several Lives: 1

MRS MOPP could do with a tipple - she's all worn out and about to leave home.