{fh200AA00Quickie PD Game Reviews
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by Mike Williams


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{fb10000FFArchimedes Conversion by{fb1000000 M. Edwards

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A conversion of Jet Set Willy from the ZX Spectrum.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Of interest mainly to computer historians. Similar to _Manic Miner_"PD.Games.games11", but at least this one does run at a sensible speed on the Archimedes.

When it was released it was generally hailed as the best game to have been written for the ZX Spectrum, ever, full stop, period and no argument.

This version is not quite faithful to the original, in that there are no ropes, and that it is theoretically possible to complete it (the original had bugs that prevented comp- letion).

"We Must Perform A Quirkafleeg" - Is a reference to a 1980-vintage comic strip called "The Adventures Of Fat Freddy's Cat" and involves lying on your back, with both your arms and legs in the air, and chanting "Quirkafleeg..." whilst in the presence of dead furry animals.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Very good for a 1983 ZX Spectrum program. Todays programmers could learn a lot from studying this antique, particularly about humour.

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{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 2 minutes.


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Keith McAlpine

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Space Invaders variant.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Pretty naff.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 2 minutes.


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Martin Dunn

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Collect the fruit and dodge the nasties.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Pretty naff

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Nothing special.

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{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 2 minutes.


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Andrew Barron

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Guess the mystery word, for two players. You are informed each time you guess a correct letter.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 It's amazing that, given very little information, it is possible to guess the mystery word fairly quickly.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple.

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{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 As long as you like.


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Bjorn Flotten

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Zap the aliens. (Yet Another Invaders Game)

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 There are two, completely different zap the aliens games with this name by Bjorn. V1.41 was intended to be a replacement for V1.00, but it uses an overscan screenmode that flickers awfully in RiscOs 3.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Nice. Some humorous screens (self peeling bananas and flying toilets)

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 High score table.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 4 minutes.

