Bumper 7

ZX Computing

Nick Pearce

THE ZX81 SOFT SELECTION Nick Pearce looks at some new releases for the ZX81. BUMPER 7 Axis Software Bumper 7 contains no less than - you've guessed it - seven games for the 1K ZX81. Considering the limitations of the 1K machine, and the price of a 16K RAM pack these days, there can be few ZX81 owners with just the 1K machine. For those that do possess unexpanded ZX81's, this cassette contains a selection of games which illustrate certain features such as scroll and cursor control which may help with your own programs. Repeat 20 is a memory test in which progressively larger numbers have to be remembered. The Slalom is a downhill ski-run in which the player has to guide the skier through 25 gates. Also included within Bumper 7 are versions of Paper, Stone, Scissors (This used to be called Ick, Ack, Ock. Don't ask me why - Ed.); Snowflake, a game in which the aim is to catch a falling snowflake in a bucket; Patterns, an endlessly changing pattern-generation program; Banco, based on the card game Chemin-de-fer; and finally Sketch, which is a program to enable pictures to be drawn on the screen. Bumper 7 is a good introductory cassette for the new-ish 1K ZX81 owner. Axis (U.K.) Ltd is at [redacted].