Home Computing Weekly


Space Walk
By Mastertronic
Commodore 64

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #66

This is a topical game. You are an astronaut and must retrieve stray satellites and direct them into the shuttle loading bay. There are problems. One is the passing asteroids, which you must avoid, and the other is alien cosmonauts with space lasers.

The cassette card gives the barest outline of the plot. On loading, instructions are displayed but these are still minimal.

The graphics are well designed. The behaviour of the satellite when handled by the astronaut is very space-like. It floats around and goes off in all directions with the slightest touch. After a while I got the hang of spacewalking and usually managed to dock the first satellite fairly quickly. Not that it did me much good; I only went up one level of difficulty.

You have four lives. Remaining lives, current score and highest score to date are displayed at the top of the screen.

I found the game interesting but not very compulsive. It may appeal to space freaks.

L.C.

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