Home Computing Weekly


Atic Atac
By Ultimate
Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #46

From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedly beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us.

The old Scottish prayer will need a few additions before you play Atic Atac.

The graphics are extremely good and fast-moving as, using keyboard or joystick, you roam a haunted castle looking for the Golden Key before escaping. I very much like the smooth way in which you move between the many cellars and rooms and the various beasties materialise in a very convincing way. My own favourites were the witches and the Red Devil (a Manchester United supporter?) in the cellar.

Atic Atac

You take the character of either a knight, a serf, or a wizard each of whom has different weapons and access to separate secret passages. As you progress, you find food and other useful objects.

The screen displays time elapsed, points scored and swag collected at the side of the main game display which has a 3D effect.

Great fun to play. Each game is different enough to maintain interest. Ultimate warn that due to the game's complexity continuous error-free operation cannot be guaranteed, but I had no problems.

D.J.

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