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Target Man - Deluxe Edition
Author	Gavin Callard
Filename	tmd.zip
Year	2008
Position	7
Format	ZX Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+2A/+3
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Description	There's something about the irritatingly slow intro screen that reassures the player that they are somehow in a safe pair of hands when it comes to crap game authourship. We start with some nice graphics of a car on the loading screen, as seen through the eyes of the alien known as "Predator", followed sometime later by a nice "Hollywood operating system" type screen where we enter that alternative universe where all computers display textual information by emitting it across the screen one letter at a time whilst beeping once per letter. Cosy. As for the game itself, it's a nice litle exercise in ploughing a rather slick looking sports car into as many on-road targets as you can possibly manage, because as a trainee special agent, you may be someday expected to exercise your "license to hit things at high speed", in a real world situation. The author thoughtfully provides the game in both .tap and .tzx format and tells me that the game provides enhancements on the 128K systems.
Comments	A solid piece of crap game craftsmanship, and one that goes to the trouble of detecting which platform it is running on. Ticks all the right boxes in terms of unnecessary delays and humorous instruction screen. An extra point added for mentioning the word "bovril" somewhere in the on-screen instructions. Let's assume that you play the part of Lynda Bellingham trying to drive home from the supermarket (or was she OXO, I never can remember?). To increase the fun, play this whilst watching re-runs of "The Sweeney" on ITV4.