Commodore User


Flying Feathers

Publisher: Bubble Bus
Machine: Commodore 64

 
Published in Commodore User #9

Flying Feathers

Bubble Bus features commissioned music in this game and I would suggest that the graphics are noteworthy too: but the action I found less interesting.

A gamekeeper, armed with a shotgun, is protecting his fishstocks from hovering eagles in a setting akin to a landscape painting. It's a matter of downing the birds before or after they steal the fish; there's a choice of two methods of shooting, according to difficulty level. Once five of your charges have been lost, the game is over - although bonus stocks are awarded every 5,000 points, announced by a flotilla of ducks.

Eight levels of skill, a high-score table and competent sound effects: not enough variation of play, however. That all makes this a game directed at the juniors.