The Return of Sock

Sinclair User

Overall 5/10

Tony Bridge 5/10

Label: Spectrum Adventure Club, [redacted] Price: £2.00 Memory: 48K/128K Reviewer: Tony Bridge Space, the Final Frontier... Though not to the writer of this adventure, who takes his life in his hands in this highly unoriginal plot by taking the mickey out of the venerable Star Trek. All the obvious rib-nudging name changes are made - you are Captain Burke, there is the Sock of the title as well as Zulu, Potty, Phones, Checkoff and all the others. But somehow the atmosphere manages to transcend this unpromising wit. Return of the Sock is a busy little adventure, offering a lot of exploring - and a fair amount of objects, though not many that seem to actually be of any use. Unusually, there are lots of other characters around, although these don't seem to have much 'pseudo-intelligence' as promised in the blurb. Presentation is generally on the rather dull side, and the GAC has been used to create some fairly ordinary pictures. Sock is a reasonable attempt at a good price - but do we really need another Star Trek parody.