Combat Zone

Crash

Presentation 52%

Graphics 42%

Playability 42%

Addictive Qualities 25%

Overall 43%

Bym Welthy 64%

Nathan Jones 21%

Producer: Alternative Software Retail Price: £1.99 Colonel Mentor, ace of air aces, has been ordered out of retirement to combat an enemy threat. Stretching out his arthritic limbs the old, bold Colonel goes to work, flying over alien territory. As he moves onward, with the landscape scrolling vertically beneath him, the fighter pilot encounters hordes of enemy craft intent upon shooting him down. The Colonel's fighter is equipped with a basic blaster, aimed with a cursor, which can take out these irritating machines. For greater destructive power, Mentor can engage bombs which can destroy pulsing enemy ground installations. This arsenal can further be increased if an enemy supply ship is captured by running into it. When Mentor does this, a hyper bomb becomes available. When the hyper bomb is detonated it destroys all enemy fighters in its vicinity. But the fighter's fuel and the Colonel's lives are limited - this old soldier doesn't just fade away. COMMENTS Joysticks: none Graphics: cramped and confused Sound: uninteresting Options: cheat mode

Arthritic: Combat Zone