ZX Computing


Special Agent
By Heinemann
Spectrum 48K

 
Published in ZX Computing #13

Special Agent

In Special Agent, you are recruited to MI6, your job being to catch an enemy spy. This is a maddeningly frustrating program - sometimes the spy can be tracked down quite quickly, at other times you can spend weeks (or even months!) chasing him around the cities of Europe.

Continued lack of success might spoil this program for some childre, but it can also be very addictive! The strategies required are soon discovered and the various countries and cities involved quickly become familiar. (It is a decided advantage to have several atlases on hand!)

The program also gives practice in the workings of train and airline timetables... all this whilst trying to understand intelligence reports and decipher codes! As a program for older primary children upwards, this is an ingenious way of encouraging quick, logical, decision making based on a wide variety of information. As an alternative to the normal procedure it is also suggested that the game be played with either limited time or limited money!

Mike Edmunds

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