Two-Gun Turtle

Sinclair User

Gilbert Factor 7/10

Richard Price 7/10

Memory: 48K Price: £5.95 Joystick: Kempston Gardening games are rapidly becoming a genre in the arcade-action field and Lothlorien has produced a little number with Two-Gun Turtle for the 48K Spectrum. An armed turtle is entrusted with looking after a patch of strawberries which is assailed by a variety of mean creatures. The bugs will carry off the fruit if not driven away or destroyed. A calendar counts the days on the bottom line and, during the winter period, snow will fall occasionally. If the turtle catches a snowflake a bonus is awarded. Movement is by definable keys or Kempston joystick. Although the concept is simple, the action is fast and dangerous, requiring good reaction speeds and care in firing; a shot in the wrong place will wipe out a strawberry and ruin all the good work. The bugs whizz menacingly round the screen and will chase the turtle, which adds to the general tension. The graphics are colourful and very smooth and put a fine polish on an exciting and compulsive machine code program.

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Your Spectrum

Ian Simmonds 4/10

Jon Warner 3/10

Simon Cox 5/10

Sticks at the ready, the Chiltern Computer Club buckled down to some concentrated critique as they sifted through the latest bundle of software to give us their unbiased evaluations. Any club wishing to offer their reviewing services should contact Ron Smith, Spectrum Soft, [redacted]. This month, the reviewers in the YS jury hot-seat are all members of Chiltern Computer Club, Eaton Bray, near Dunstable. They are (in alphabetical order) Simon Cox, Ian Simmonds and Jon Warner. To be honest it wasn't an easy job for them, with many of the latest offerings falling short of an acceptable level - in fact, sheer crud in some cases. Read on to find out what (and what not) to buy. The Chiltern Computer Club was formed around two years ago, and usually it manages to attract about 35 members - ages ranging from 13 years to near senility. Membership is currently £4 per year, for which potential members can expect practical help with their computer problems, and guest speakers and lecturers from time to time. Club contacts can be made via Steve Betts, [redacted]. Finally thanks go to Steve for the ultra-fast speed at which he pulled the test together. TWO-GUN TURTLE Lothlorien £5.95 An arcade game, similar to Pssst by Ultimate, where you defend a strawberry patch situated in the middle of the screen from marauding bugs, by blasting them with your six-shooter.

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Use of Computer 85%

Graphics 83%

Playability 60%

Getting Started 69%

Addictive Qualities 68%

Value For Money 73%

Overall 73%

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Producer: MC Lothlorien Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.95 Language: Machine code Author: Steve Hughes In the middle of winter a turtle is defending his strawberry patch against a variety of marauding bugs. Some go for strawberries, some go for the turtle. The turtle, for his protection, is armed with a gun - one, not two as the title might suggest, but that doesn't make any difference to this very fast game. Bugs stealing strawberries, pick them up and sidle off screen, but if they are shot, then the strawberry drifts back to its place. The game is played out against a calendar starting in October. As each month passes, the type bug changes. It's already snowing slightly, but as winer nears, larger snowflakes fall and these may be picked up for bonus points. The strawberries, 12 in all, float in a neat three by four block at the centre of a black screen. In the background pixel drops of snow fall. The monsters float in from both sides and the turtle may move all over the screen shooting in the direction of movement, but only horizontally, although he can move in eight directions. COMMENTS Control keys: user-definable Joystick: almost any type via UDK Keyboard play: very responsive Use of colour: very good Graphics: very good, very fast Sound: good Skill levels: progressively difficult Lives: 5

Flying turtle totes two guns against flying nasties after his strawberries.