Buriabeast

Crash

Use of Computer 58%

Graphics 56%

Playability 59%

Getting Started 48%

Addictive Qualities 52%

Value For Money 50%

Overall 54%

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Producer: Kerian UK Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.50 Language: Machine code Author: Matthew Dowell Buriabeast is described as introducing a new plateau in graphics and sound. What the insert doesn't tell you is that this is a straightforward 'Panic' type game, and with the amount of versions available already, you could say the game type plateaued out a tong while ago. You are the sole surviving member of the human race and it has fallen to you to defend the world from hordes of marauding mutant KENS (as in 'D'ye Ken John Peel') and your only tool is a shovel. Quite honestly, if I was the sole surviving member of the human race, I think I would leave the world to the marauding Kens. Thus described, the game is quite traditional - five platforms, several ladders of varying lengths, holes to be dug or filled to trap monsters which, if they escape from a trap, get more vicious. The novel feature is the Buriabeast (is he a Ken or not?) - a man-sized blue monster who has to fall through three holes to die. The game is played against a falling oxygen level. COMMENTS Control keys: Q/A up/down, O/P left/right, D/F dig/ fill Joystick: none Keyboard play: responsive Use of colour: average Graphics: average Sound: above average with good tunes Skill levels: 3 speeds Lives: 3 Originality: hardly any (close to original)

Don't panic whatever you do, and keep a sharp eye out for the Buriabeast.