{fh200AA00Quickie PD Game Reviews
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by Mike Williams

{fb1FF5555             GOLF
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{fb10000FFAuthors{fb1000000 W. H. Varley & Paul Hobbs

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A golf game. Use the mouse to point the direction and strength of each stroke.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The control of the stroke takes a bit of getting used to. It insists on passing through lots of information screens between strokes which slows the play down a bit too much.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Very good - nice perspective views.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 1 to 4 players. Pre-defined course, or random.

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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Mark Lisher

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A game for two players. Your ships simply shoot at each other, but the gravity of the intervening planets causes the bullets to swerve.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 I found it awkward and unwieldy

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Minimal.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 Until you get bored.

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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 David Hunt

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Try to turn the whole screen green. The "cursor" square flashes purple and green. As you move to another square, then you leave behind either a purple or a green square, effectively at random.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Almost as much fun as watching paint dry.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Poor.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes.

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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Colin McEwan

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A horizontal scrolling zap-the-aliens that runs inside an iconbar icon. Initially there are round aliens that come at you from the front, but as the levels increase, cone-shaped aliens come at you from the sides and from the back, and ultimately there are space- invader shaped aliens that zig-zag. Each level ends with a mothership.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Probably the best iconbar game around. I would have liked the difficulty to have been a bit tougher.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Not bad.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 10 minutes.

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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Tom Cooper
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{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 It's a sophisticated platform game. A cartoon man in a white coat travels through various scenarios collecting diamonds. There are lots of interesting nasties to avoid, hidden items to find, and various weapons which can be used.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Brilliant. Some diamonds are easy to obtain. Others are difficult. Different sections require different skills, some need reasonably accurate jump-key control, and others benefit from a bit of thought. There's a nice touch of humour in various aspects of the game.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Superb. Better than many professional games. Beautifully animated creatures and nicely themed back- grounds.

{fb10000FFBugs{fb1000000 The program doesn't warn you if there isn't quite enough free memory to run the whole game, it just hangs when it runs out.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Pause.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 10 minutes.