Millypede

Your Spectrum

Ian Simmonds 4/10

Jon Warner 6/10

Simon Cox 3/10

Sticks at the ready, the Chiltern Computer Club buckled down to some concentrated critique as they sifted through the latest bundle of software to give us their unbiased evaluations. Any club wishing to offer their reviewing services should contact Ron Smith, Spectrum Soft, [redacted]. This month, the reviewers in the YS jury hot-seat are all members of Chiltern Computer Club, Eaton Bray, near Dunstable. They are (in alphabetical order) Simon Cox, Ian Simmonds and Jon Warner. To be honest it wasn't an easy job for them, with many of the latest offerings falling short of an acceptable level - in fact, sheer crud in some cases. Read on to find out what (and what not) to buy. The Chiltern Computer Club was formed around two years ago, and usually it manages to attract about 35 members - ages ranging from 13 years to near senility. Membership is currently £4 per year, for which potential members can expect practical help with their computer problems, and guest speakers and lecturers from time to time. Club contacts can be made via Steve Betts, [redacted]. Finally thanks go to Steve for the ultra-fast speed at which he pulled the test together. MILLYPEDE Add On Electronics £5.95 Another Centipede game in which the object is to shoot a millypede that's crawling down through a mushroom patch, all the while avoiding the spider and hitting snails for bonus points.

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Use of Computer 45%

Graphics 56%

Playability 46%

Getting Started 28%

Addictive Qualities 45%

Value For Money 50%

Overall 45%

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Producer: Add-On Memory Required: 16K Retail Price: £5.00 Language: Machine code As the name suggests, this is the venerable 'Centipede' on the rampage again. All the usual features are present in this version from the centipede itself to the spider and another 'thing'. Red and green mushrooms which need only a single shot to destroy them, play their usual part and the monsterpede breaks up into segments when shot. 'You' can move left and right and upwards for about four character blocks. The general presentation of this particular version is dreadful. The cassette inlay has been printed for the Aquarius and crudely overstuck with red Spectrum stickers, all the loading instructions are for the Aquarius inside and there are no instructions as to the control keys or joystick options (if there are any). The tape we received (from sales stock and not for review purposes) was badly over-recorded and the information only began some one and a half minutes into the tape. COMMENTS Control keys: Q/W = left/right, E/R= down/up, T= fire and S to start. Not very good layout Joystick option: none Keyboard play: responsive and fast Use of colour: good Graphics: jerky, average Sound: continuous, fair Skill levels: 1 Lives: 3

The venerable creepie pops up again.

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Gilbert Factor 7/10

MUTANT GARDEN IS COMPULSIVE Memory: 16 or 48K Price: £5.00 Gardening can be a lethal business in the post-holocaust world of Millypede, from Add-On Electronics. In this version of the standard arcade game, plant and animal life has mutated after an inter-gaLactic fusion bomb has devasted the Earth. To prevent mutant bugs and creepy-crawlies getting into your family anti-fusion shelter you must zap and zap again as the mushroom patch is invaded by inexorable splitting millypedes. Sickly bouncing spiders trampoline across your field of fire and you have to stay well clear of their trajectories if you want to survive to do the weeding another day. You move and fire your laser with the QWERTY keys and you can shift the base up into the lower part of the screen to avoid any ravening bugs which have reached the bottom line. The machine code graphics are colourful and the millypedes snake and ladder down the mushrooms at an alarming rate. Your score is reckoned by the number of mushrooms, millypede segments and spiders you eliminate and there is a high score initialling facility. Millypede is a reasonably fast and compulsive variant of an arcade oldie and will have you returning for just one more try, but watch for that darned spider. The game, runs on any Spectrum.

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