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Action
Biker
1985 Mastertronic
Programmed
by ?
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text of the present article comes from the review published
in the fourth issue of the British C64 magazine ZZAP!64
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CLUMSY
COLIN
Mastertronic,
£1.99 cass, joystick and keys
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Computers
and crisps haven't really gone together until now. Mastertronic
and KP crisps have joined forces to bring KP's marketing
character to your 64. It's all been worthwhile too,
and although the end result boils down to being a collecting
game, it's definitely one of the better ones.
You
take the role of Clumsy Colin the biker and you've got
to go out on your bike and collect items scattered throughout
the 'softsolid' 3D town. The town has roads, houses,
lakes, and rollercoaster type constructions. The items
you have to collect will eventually help you overcome
the various obstacles littered over the landscape.
You
commence the game outside the town's petrol station,
and have to return here when your bike's fuel starts
to run low (although one of the items you can pick up
later on in the game is an enlarged fuel tank). Once
you start you are given a time limit to collect the
first item, which is somewhere in the landscape. Luckily,
your bike is able to go off the road, although you have
to be careful not to ride into the myriad of fences
and walls.
Once
an item has been collected, the time remaining is converted
into points and another time limit is given. As the
game goes on, the objects are put in less accessible
places and eventually you have to use all your skill
to reach an item. For example, you have to use ramps
to jump fences to collect an item totally fenced in.
The
town is quite large and 'wraps round' so it's possible
to keep on travelling on the same road until your fuel
runs out.
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Mastertronic keep up their
recent high standards of quality with their latest release.
Clumsy
Colin
is an excellent game with high addictive qualities which
kept me returning for 'just one more go'. The graphics
are very good with the nicely
detailed 3D town, which gave a really realistic feel
as I zoomed about the landscape. It was also great fun
trying to ride over the roller coaster and tackling
the scaffolding on the building site. The sound is great
too, with a funky tune adding to the game immensely.
Although the controls are rather fiddly, the game makes
it well worth persevering. I don't want to say this
(but I will) as this is now becoming a Mastertronic
cliche, but I can think of a lot worse things you could
buy for £1.99.
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Presentation 60%
Nothing
special, but adequate.
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One
of Mastertronic's latest and certainly one of
their greatest releases to date. It doesn't offer
anything outstandingly original, but that doesn't
matter -- what it does offer is many hours of
enjoyable and frustrating play. The graphical
representation of the town is very good, although
Colin himself is rather poor, and scrolling is
first class. The music is the best piece yet from
Mastertronic as are the sound FX and both are
very good. The game is great fun to play and is
a nice variation on the pick-em-up theme -- and
at such a low price!
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Graphics
81%
Solid, fast 3D graphics.
Sound
80%
Funky tune, reasonably jolly.
Hookability
88%
Whizzing round on your bike has
never been so much fun.
Lastability
77%
It will take many enjoyable games
to collect all the things.
Value
For Money 91%
Two quid seems positively criminal!
Overall
83%
Good game, low price, can't be
bad.
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Htmlized by Dimitris
Kiminas (9 April 2002)
There was no screenshot in the original review.
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