Conference hydra::amiga_v1

1858.0. "reviews of some new games" by BAGELS::BRANNON (Dave Brannon) Mon Nov 07 1988 17:59

    reviews of some new games:
    
    Captain Blood  very strange game, looks exactly like the ST version.
                   You're wandering the universe, dealing with the natives
                   of many planets, hunting for clues to help you find
                   your missing clones.  There is a time limit, you
                   grow weaker the longer you've been separated from
                   your clones (your mouse pointer is a skinny arm that
                   shakes as you get weaker, making it harder to control
                   the game)
    
    Hybris  nice music, standard shoot and dodge.  Sidewinder has better
            graphics, but Hybris lets you restart from where you died
            instead of at the beginning.  Very copy-protected
    
    Pioneer Plague  cover says "first HAM mode game".  Very nicely done,
                    but they need to work on the HAM part (too fuzzy)
                    uses keyboard, mouse, and joystick.  Not copy-protected.
                    They have some mylar overlays that you sometimes
                    will need during the game (navigation aids for when
                    computer has been damaged)
                    The goal is stop the plague.  The plague was created
                    to terraform planets.  It mutated.  It's spreading
                    over the universe (it builds it's own spaceships,
                    fighers, bombs, etc.)
                    I love it.  It has lots of things to blow up on
                    each planet, very smooth scrolling in any direction,
                    nice background music, and good explosions.
    
    -dave