Crash


Airbase Invader

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Publisher: CP
Machine: Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Crash #6

Airbase Invader

'No comment on the political points in this game! Politics get into everything - I don't want them associated with games! But on the game front this is a lighthearted - until you get to the ominous warning after failing to stop Raygun, which says, 'Remember - if this was real - there wouldn't be a next time.' The graphics are smooth, nicely done and the game is very playable. The Iron Lady looks like something out of SPITTING IMAGE.'

'A maze-type complex filled with enemies out to get you is hardly original, but the idea behind this one certainly is. It relies a lot on well drawn, large graphics and some neat semi-political ideas. Blowing kisses to kill off enemies is a good example of its originality in idea, and the concept is well implemented in as much as the Iron Lady is invulnerable to your loving charms! Good fun, and one where a clever idea hasn't swamped good playability.'

'First off I didn't think this was going to be a very active game - wrong again! Characters are drawn exceptionally well, and you can recognise each one. The idea of the game is certainly novel if not realistic. One grumble though is that there's no indication that you've shot the "right" President Raygun, as he keeps cloning - and I've never found a red button! The idea of "eating" various objects throughout the game like cups of tea, Hovis, etc, to give you extra lives is a good one, as you often get killed off by the nasty geezers who run about the rooms. Graphics are smooth, large and well presented; the keys are not the best positioned I found, as they are all low down (leaves you nothing to lean on) but they are very responsive. Colour and sound have been used quite well throughout the game. The game is playable, but I think its addictive qualities will wear off - it depends on whether you like saving your country from a nuclear holocaust.'

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