Airbase Invader

Crash

Use of Computer 59%

Graphics 74%

Playability 71%

Getting Started 74%

Addictive Qualities 61%

Originality 75%

Value For Money 62%

Overall 68%

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Producer: CP Software Memory Required: 48K Retail Price: £5.95 Language: Machine code Author: Chris Whittington Politics seem to be creeping more and more into computer games - so does sexism. The two are firmly combined in this novel idea from CP Software. You play a CND supporter - a female one - and your task is to prevent President Raygun clones, which have been loosed amongst the bunkers beneath USAF airbase Greenham Common, from finding the red nuclear button and blowing the world to kingdom come. The inlay says that hero Annie (is heroine an illegally sexist word now?) has worked her way through the wire and into the complex. The complex itself takes the form of numerous rooms (with between two and four doors) on several levels. Stairs up are located at the top of a room, and stairs down at the bottom. Annie, armed with her CND banner, must fight her way through to get rid of Raygun clones. Other characters beset her: Harry Hardnose, gutterpress photographer, Old Bill, the plodding policeman, Squaddies - all Tommies with guns, and worst of all, The Iron Lady herself, neatly depicted as a Tory-blue hairdo. Annie's politics are all peaceful, however, so she doesn't blast these numerous nasties to bits with anything as vulgar as a laser, instead Annie raises her hand and blows a kiss - it's as lethal as any laser though... Kisses can only be blown horizontally in the direction faced. In addition, the bunkers are littered with useful objects like maps, secret documents, Hovis loaves and plates, knives and forks. The screen displays the level on which a President Raygun clone may be found and warns if one is about to press the button. Can you find it in time...? COMMENTS Control keys: CAPS/Z left/fight, X/C up/down, V to blow kisses Joystick: Kempston, Protek, AGF Keyboard play: very responsive but poorly positioned Use of colour: average Graphics: smooth, large generally good Sound: useful rather than imaginative Skill levels: 1 Lives: starting with 3 Originality: a novel concept based on a standard type of game

A sweet-hearted heroine blows kisses at all and sundry in an attempt to charm President Raygun away from the red button.

Personal Computer Games

Graphics 8/10

Sound 5/10

Originality 5/10

Lasting Interest 8/10

Overall 8/10

Stuart N Cooke 8/10

MACHINE: Spectrum 48K CONTROL: Keys, Kemp, Cur FROM: CP Software, £5.95 Instead of all that mindless killing of little green aliens, how about trying your hand at what CP Software claim is a 'non-sexist, non-violent, satirical, arcade adventure'. Clones of 'President Raygun' are on the loose in the bunkers beneath Greenham Common. They are all set on pressing the red nuclear attack button, which would be the end of the world. lust in the nick of time our heroine Peace Woman Annie arrives on the scene. She has worked her way through the barbed wire and sneaked past the guards. You take control of her just as she has entered the complex of underground bunkers and must help her to find the President and stop him from pressing the button by 'using her feminine charms on him'. At this stage you'll probably think that you're in for a new kind of arcade game. Well you'd be wrong, all you get is an extremely good version of Robotron. Each of the rooms in the complex contains a number of guards, ranging from a photographer called Harry Hardnose who follows Annie around, to Old Bill who just happens Lobe a bright blue colour. Of course dear old Annie isn't powerless against them, she's able to blow kisses at them - with devastating effect. Watch out for the nasty Iron Lady though, she's impervious to Annie's smackers. An indicator at the bottom of the screen tells Annie where she'll find President Raygun. Travel between floors is by ladders that are situated around the complex. A game that should appeal to just about everyone. If you happen to be a fan of the Robotron style of game then this is probably the best around for the Spectrum. Go and raid an airbase today, just don't let Old Bill catch you.