Brad Blasts the Galactic Barbarians

Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up · ZX-Spectrum 48K · 1 players · English

Express Software Ltd · 1983 · Pound sterling 5.95

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Crash #41984 · Overall75%

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Crash #4May 1984 · p.9075%72%78%83%65%75%75%

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Playability 78%

Getting Started 83%

Addictive Qualities 65%

Value For Money 75%

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Producer: Express Software Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.95 Language: Machine code Author: M. Fox Express Software is a new company who, in common with some other software houses, have chosen to create a hero around which to set games, in this case Brad. The scenario is set in the year 2025 and Earth is the HQ for the Intergalactic Security Network (ISN). The inhabitants of planet Delta 10 have become increasingly warlike and the ISN have been informed that the Galactic Barbarians who inhabit Delta 10 have developed a super power serum. Brad Stevens has been ordered to destroy the serum. Brad Blasts the Galactic Barbarians is a game played in five stages. Stage 1 (flight through space) has Brad fighting his way to reach a space station while under attack from enemy fighters, comets and asteroids. Stage 2 (docking) sees Brad trying to get into the space station, which has been surrounded by enemy fighters. Stage 3 (flight to Delta 10) has Brad, now in a new fighter craft, battling through hordes of enemy craft. In Stage 3 (walk to the laboratory) Brad has to defend himself against a scouting party who are all equipped with jet packs. The final stage (inside the laboratory) is a large maze filled with cyborgs, and the walls of the passages are electrified. The producers are running a competition, details on the inlay card. If you score over 10,000 points and complete the game you will receive a code. You also have to guess the year Brad arrives (he goes back in time) and fill in one of those lines which asks why you picked this year, to qualify. A portable TV is offered. In addition to the five sheets of the game, there is a very attractive sequence in which Brad's ship takes off from Earth to do battle on the first main screen. Between each stage a transmission at the base of the playing area informs you of what's about to come. COMMENTS Control keys: cursors, 0 to fire Joystick: Kempston, ZX 2, Protek, AGF Keyboard play: a little unresponsive in ship movement Use of colour: good Graphics: generally good Sound: above average Skill levels: 1 Lives: 5

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