Punchy

Crash

Overall 88%

Producer: Mr Micro, 48K £6.90 In effect this is another 'Hunchback' game, but it has been attractively dressed up in the guise of a Punch and Judy show. You must guide hero Bobby across the stage to rescue Judy, while Punch hurls custard pies at you. There are 16 screens which require jumping over holes, swinging acrosss pits, leaping on magic carpets, dodging soldiers' clubs and always keeping an eye open for those custard pies. Judy sometimes throws a sausage acrosss - if Bobby collects three he can whizz across a screen and onto the next without harm. The graphics are amazingly bright and coloured, well animated and with lots of detail. The game also speaks (without a Speech unit). Sensible control keys, joystick: Kempston and Sinclair 2. Highly rated despite the price, CRASH overall rating 88% m/c

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Use of Computer 91%

Graphics 85%

Playability 90%

Getting Started 88%

Addictive Qualities 87%

Value For Money 85%

Overall 88%

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Producer: Mr. Micro Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.90 Language: Machine code Punch & Judy shows probably still exist at the British seaside, but there's no longer any need to travel afield to see a show. Mr. Micro can now bring you all the glitter and sand, right at home on your Spectrum. This game has similarities with Hunchback, but it is all couched in proper Punch & Judy terms - and it speaks! The playing area is a very expanded and colourful puppet stage which makes up 16 screens, at the end of which Punch has Judy locked up. You are the hero, Bobby, and you must rescue Judy by jumping over or ducking under rotten tomatoes thrown by Punch, leap over gaps, use the flying carpet, swing from the angels' tails and avoid the back-attacking custard pies, whilst leaping over gaps filled with soldiers and clubs. Every once in a while Judy will throw a sausage. If Bobby catches three of these they can be used in an emergency to transport him to the next screen without harm. A scanner above the stage shows Bobby's progress Each screen is timed for points and each one completed awards a policeman's helmet. For every five helmets collected, a bonus is added. A neat feature is that without any added hardware, the program talks - 'That's the way to do it', or more famously, 'Rock the baby, rock the baby.' COMMENTS Control keys: 6/7 walk left/right, zero = jump, 8 - sausages! Joystick: Kempston and will work with Sinclair ZX2 Keyboard play: positive, though jumping takes some practice Colour: excellent Graphics: very good Sound: excellent speech and tunes, though a little bare during a screen Skill levels: 1 Lives: 3 (1 more after 60,000 points) Screens: 16 Features: programmed speech

Knocked out by a custard pie, hero Bobby hears the horrible laughter of the theatrical mask above - That's the way to do it!