Voyage into the Unknown

Crash

Use of Computer 20%

Graphics 25%

Playability 2%

Getting Started 2%

Addictive Qualities 0%

Value For Money 2%

Overall 9%

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Producer: Mastertronic Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £1.99 Language: BASIC An issue or two back we received no less than two letters from readers berating us for not having reviewed Voyage into the Unknown because it was an exciting adventure. So, here's the review. The very inadequate blurb on the inlay states that your basic objective is to take off from a desolated earth in a spaceship you have found (you don't know much about them) and search the universe for a special crystal which will destroy the Death Star. Movement of the spaceship is controlled by the cursor keys. Additionally you have an on-board laser, a personal laser for those little moments when you are not on board and a remote robot grab arm for when you teleport down to the surface of some planets. Beyond this, there are no instructions on play. It isn't an adventure in the traditional sense. A graphic display shows you some details of your ship controls, fuel remaining, a scanner for shooting enemy ships, a message display which tells you what's around you. Some of the messages are totally incomprehensible. In keeping with telling you nothing at all, at the start of the game it is a mystery how to take off in the spaceship. It is included vaguely in the blurb, Engines, Power, Ignition - yes, that's E, P, I and away you go, on your quest for the special crystal. COMMENTS Control keys: Cursor, 0 to fire, Robot controlled with K, L and W, F fires personal laser Joystick: cursor type Keyboard play: if anything, over-responsive Use of colour: poor Graphics: very poor Sound: there isn't any Skill levels: 1

Beam up the buke, Scotty, and make sure you don't turn into a bile of buke.