{fh200AA00Quickie PD Game Reviews
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by Mike Williams


{fb1FF5555             PELMANISM (2)

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Mark Gillman

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A game for two players. There are 64 cards dealt face down. Each card, when turned over, reveals one of eight images. You can turn over two at a time. Your objective is to find more pairs than your opponent.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 OK, however the final score gets wiped off the screen pretty quickly, so be sure to look at the score just before making the final move to avoid arguments.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Reasonable.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 4 minutes.


{fb1FF5555             PENTO

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Geoff Gibson

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A pentamino is a shape made of five squares (a domino is made of two squares). There are 12 different pentaminoes. Your objective is to arrange these 12 pentaminoes into a rectangular array. Some of them may need to be rotated or flipped.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The puzzle itself is quite difficult, but it is made more awkward by the way that the pieces are allowed to overlap each other. Another awkward feature is that the pieces are so large that there's no room to put some out of the way while you concentrate on others. It's all done much better in "PolySaw".

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Extremely minimal.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 Ages.


{fb1FF5555             PHOTON
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Ben Carter

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Dodge the descending aliens, then shoot the motherships. 

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 When dodging aliens, the difficulty depends on how fast you fly. The slower you fly, the easier it is to dodge the aliens. The motherships shoot back so rapidly that you are almost certain to lose several lives.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Chunky, garish and very flickery.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 At the end of the five levels you receive a secret codeword that you can send to the author to receive a certificate. There is a cheat mode (Press ~ instead of space to start) but if you use the cheat, you receive a different codeword. If you have an ARM3, the program switches cache off for you.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 5 minutes
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{fb1FF5555              PIPE

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Unknown

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Guide a pipe through the ground and collect all the drops of oil, without touching the existing pipe. Despite the name, it's a snake game variant.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Not too bad. ARM3 owners should switch cache off.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 High score table (saved to disk).

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 15 Minutes
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{fb1FF5555             PIPEY

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 L. T. Drapes

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Connect the bits of broken pipe in such a way as to lead the water to a safe exit from the screen.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 I found this game quite difficult to get into at first. The method of selecting the next pipe seemed rather awkward, and the time allowed seemed rather short. However, after a bit of practice, I managed to get used to it, and then it didn't seem difficult enough. The level of difficulty only increases slowly from level to level.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 OK.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Pause game. High score table (saved to disc).

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 10 minutes.