Triplex

Crash

Use of Computer 57%

Graphics 70%

Playability 68%

Getting Started 70%

Addictive Qualities 65%

Value For Money 66%

Overall 66%

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Producer: Workforce Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.50 Language: Machine code This isn't so much a tape with three games on it, as it is a game with three distinct parts. The common theme is your weird looking space craft which could have come from a 1950s Dan Dare comic strip. All three parts are linked by a pause for breath and the Workforce clenched fist logo. Part one pits you against a bunch of runaway moons which fill the sky, moving in a variety of directions. Your crafts laser's converge at a hot spot and you must centre this hotspot on the moon to be destroyed, although it takes some time before they glow white and explode. When the screen is cleared of moons you can move on to part two. Here you are in a strange part of space where a fine dust of debris moves in opposite directions away from the centre towards the top and bottom of the screen. Touching any of it is instant death. As well as the debris there are several alien creatures floating around which you must avoid as you cross the screen four times in succession to get through to part three. After your second crossing a winged bird adds to the fun, travelling diagonally. In part three you find yourself at the left of the screen firing across at several hunter killer ships which fire groups of missiles back at you. These heat-seeking devices are extremely accurate. COMMENTS Control keys: 1/Q = up/down, O/P = left right, and pressing any two together fires laser Joystick: none Keyboard play: responsive, although a little odd with fire/move control linked Use of colour: good Graphics: good Sound: good sound and varied Skill levels: 1 Lives: 5 Screens: 3

Excellent, three dimensional looking moons in Triplex.