Home Computing Weekly


Gamespack

Author: P.S.
Publisher: Sector 7
Machine: Oric 1/Oric 48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #31

This is a standard Basic gamespack, which we can always expect soon after a new machine is launched.

It consists of seven 'games' including Laser Station, similar to Missile Command, but much slower; Obstruction, a standard game of surround; Mazatronic, explore a 3D maze; Demolition, play Blitz on an abandoned planet; Noughts & Crosses (not again!); Milliblox, anothr chase type game; and Maths-Test (do I really need to explain this one?).

None of the programs really stand out, indeed, you would probably do better buying seven different copies of HCW with Oric programs in them!

The instructions were very clear, but then the programs weren't that complicated. The cassette contained a fast and slow saving of each program.

I only experienced loading difficulties with the programs on side B of the tape, but at least I managed to get them in eventually - more than I can say for some tapes.

There were a few small programming bugs in some of the programs, but on the whole they were quite well written, even though the ideas behind the games were not all that fantastic.

P.S.

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