De-Fusion

Personal Computer Games

Graphics 3/10

Sound 2/10

Ease Of Use 2/10

Originality 6/10

Lasting Interest 4/10

Overall 3/10

Chris Anderson 3/10

MACHINE: Spectrum 48K JOYSTICK: Kempston, Optional CATEGORY: Arcade SUPPLIER: Lyndehurst Ltd PRICE: £5.50 Get points by reaching (and defusing) bombs without being caught by, yes, a bovver boot. The skill is to choose the right route, because your stepping stones disappear after being used.

Sinclair User

Gilbert Factor 6/10

Memory: 48K Price: £5.95 Joystick: Kempston De-Fusion, for the 48K Spectrum, has Happy Larry as a bomb disposal expert. His mission, should he choose to accept it, is to defuse a never-ending supply of time bombs while collecting (lags and avoiding the skinhead's boot and the demon skulls. The game starts with the screen being covered by square stepping-stones, on to some of which are added the flags and skulls. Larry must then reach the time bomb without getting caught. To make life more difficult, every time he stands on a stepping-stone it sinks without trace. His only method of restoring them is to scroll the line he is on left and right; that brings in fresh stones from the edge of the screen. He has one advantage over the boot - he can disappear off the edge of the screen and appear on the other side, leaving the boot trapped. What appears to be a simple game can easily become very difficult, requiring plenty of thought, and all the time the seconds are ticking away. The game can be obtained from Lyndenhurst, [redacted].

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Your Computer

Overall 2/5

48K Spectrum Adventure Lyndenhurst Ltd £5.50 A dotty scenario wherein Happy Larry rushes around a background of squares or paths, defusing bombs and collecting flags, avoiding skulls and crossbones, while a pair of Doc Marten's attempt to crush him. Almost as good as the Blockman program we published in January 1984.