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GoatFall
Author	compiuter
Filename	GoatFall.tzx
Year	2008
Position	27
Format	ZX Spectrum 16K
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Description	Learn some interesting facts about the culture of Manganeses de la Polvorosa in the province of Zamora, Spain as you play this game. You take the role of goat tosser as you throw a goat from the top of the church's bell tower to be caught (hopefully) in a sheet of tarpaulin by the (invisible) cheering crowd below. What will the verdict be? 'tis in the hands of the Gods I think.
Comments	This is certainly a crap game, and for all the right reasons. As you push the goat off the bell tower, the pitch of the BEEP increases as it falls.?As the goat is moving?downwards, I can't help but sit there and think the BEEP pitch should decrease! Add in a dramatic long wait for the goat verdict (like in some?reality TV game show) and also the fact that the player has no control over the game whatsoever apart from pressing a single key (a l? Eat Shit!) make this game achieve a respectable crapness score. A nice touch is the text screen describing the history of the goat throwing practice in this area of Spain. I've never seen anything like that sort of Tourist Information Board in a crap game before! I should point out as it is mentioned in the game that this historical tradition has now been superseded by the throwing of a cardboard stone.