| Description | This is a BASIC port of the classic 70's smash, "Space Invaders". And what a mind-numbingly great port it is too. Everything is there - except for speed, bases, moving missiles and everything else that made the original the great aracde blaster that it is. The keyboard response is like very slow lightning, and the invaders can kill you with a thought. It must be that, because there was no evidence of any firing on their behalf. The game follows in the great tradition of other ascii games like Nethack (but without the playability to hamper it), with everything rendered in the glorious sinclair character set we've come to know and love. Bugs - there are none. Worth speaking of, that is, because the poor error 3 when the invaders hit the right hand edge of the screen isn't worth speaking of. Death is final unlike so many other games, as the Error B when the game over message cascades down the screen puts a neat "final" touch to your ineptitude. All in all, a great game with a replay factor near that of a eurovision song. You'll be playing this until the cows come home, assuming you live in a field. This game gets a crap score of 6/10 - the author has included a game it is (theoretically) possible to win, but obviously hasn't tested for bugs. Bugs do not make a crap game. |
| Comments | Claims to be the worst Space Invaders clone ever made, and I would be quite ready to agree. it even tells you that there is an error that occurs quite often. BUT... it does play, and error aside, it is possible to play. Still, it is an awful game! 6/10 |
