Vegetable Crash

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VEGETABLES FIGHT BACK With everybody fed up to the back molars with invading aliens, it's now the turn of marauding vegetables. Difficult as it may be to believe, after Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes, comes Vegetable Crash from Kuma. It's a machine code program that runs on the 48K Spectrum and the scenario goes like this: you are being attacked by battling vegetables and under fire from exploding seeds. You have three lives and there's nowhere to hide - so watch out that those crazy carrots don't break ranks and try to crash into you. At £6.95 this may sound a bit 'weedy' (yuch! Ed.), but anyway, it should be available from all well-fertilised micro stores.

Crash

Use of Computer 73%

Graphics 64%

Playability 69%

Getting Started 64%

Addictive Qualities 60%

Value For Money 49%

Overall 63%

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Producer: Kuma Computers Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £6.95 Language: Machine code Author: Hudsonsoft Vegetable Crash has a rather novel scenario - vegetables at war. Actually it is a legumiary Galaxian game with various vegetables dive bombing your laser base instead of the usual aliens. Hudsonsoft is a Japanese company with whom Kuma have a licence to retail their products here in the UK. The game follows fairly conventional 'Galaxian' themes, with the vegetable gathering in serried ranks at the top of the screen. The veg include tomatoes, carrots, potatoes for perhaps they're aubergines), all of which fire explosive seeds downwards at you. Some of them become so enraged that they turn over and go into a dive bombing routine- Kamikaze Karrots are a truly terrifying thing! Your laser base may move to the left or right and there is continuous fire although only one missile is allowed on the screen at a time. In keeping with the culinary theme of the game, your missiles are actually small forks. COMMENTS Control keys: A/D left/right and CAPS to fire (left side of keyboard), or J/L and SPACE (right side of keyboard) Joystick: doesn't really need one Keyboard play: responsive Use of colour: very good Graphics: good, decent detail, reasonably smooth and medium fast Sound: typical 'Galaxian sound Skill levels: 1 Lives: 3

Life is just a bowl of Minestrone... (Vegetable Crash).