Your Sinclair


Terra Cognita
By Codemasters
Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Your Sinclair #14

Terra Cognita

Life is simple on Terra Cognita, the latest planet generated in the Code Masters game solar system. The pseuds and sophisticates of the arcade world might suggest that you've got to have a few kangeroos loose in the top paddock to enjoy this most simple of games. Well, I'm willing as ever to stand up with the drongos of the world - for totally mindless mega-kill and mutual assured zappability, Terra Cognita is pretty darn good.

Your mission nigh-on impossible is to blast your craft across one hundred screens-worth of alien hate to avoid your total annihilation. Ignore the box scenario - just supple up your wrist action. You can adjust the speed of your craft marginally with the joystick, but you'll get a more sensational effect by passing over the + and - signs on the narrow draft board-type screens that scroll relentlessly toward you. Other squares to watch out for are Fuel (F) and Bonus but beware the Time Shift squares - they'll whizz you back to screen one, a real pain if you've already wanged across hall the cosmos.

It's wise to pick up as much fuel as possible 'cos you'll never know where the next dump is, and with only two lives it's real life and death stuff out there. And, if you get the chance, swipe the field generator 'cos it dollops death to the squillionth degree on the droids. Otherwise it's mix your manic manoeuvring skills with that of the deadly digit - the old trigger finger.

Simplicity itself! But then so were all those other great ideas - the wheel, dental floss, the Ed's brain...

Rick Robson

Other Spectrum 48K Game Reviews By Rick Robson


  • Pro Golf Front Cover
    Pro Golf
  • The Goonies Front Cover
    The Goonies
  • Action Force Front Cover
    Action Force
  • Kat Trap Front Cover
    Kat Trap
  • Countdown Front Cover
    Countdown
  • Black Hawk Front Cover
    Black Hawk
  • Martianoids Front Cover
    Martianoids
  • Graham Gooch's Test Cricket Front Cover
    Graham Gooch's Test Cricket
  • Mailstrom Front Cover
    Mailstrom
  • Headcoach Front Cover
    Headcoach