Jack-Jack-Jack
your body with Jack-Jack-
Jackal, hot off the duplicator
from the makers of the arcade
original, Konami. Is
Jackal a bit
of a dog? After Konami's poor
showing with the Speccy
versions of
Jailbreak and
Nemesis, I was expecting
something just as tacky. But no!
Jackal is actually quite playable.
No masterpiece to be sure, but
in a funny kind of way it isn't half
bad.
We're back in classic
Commando land here, but in
place of the lone soldier of
fortune, substitute an army jeep.
This vehicle is controlled by
tough guys, Bob and Grey. If you
play the two player option, Quint
and Deckar join in the fun. The
idea is very simple: using the
firepower of the jeep, destroy
everything and everybody.
You've got an endless supply of
bombs so there's no need to go
easy. Along the way several of
your buddies have to be
liberated from enemy camps,
and in true
Rambo fashion you
have to take them to a helicopter
pick-up point further along in the
game. Your payment for this is
the usual 'super-weapon' option,
which you most certainly need in
the higher levels.
Graphics are average to
sloppy, with a good dose of
attribute clash, but they work all
right. The dozy collision detector
is another matter though.
Animation is far from smooth,
and the scrolling landscape has
the jitters!
Jackal's certainly fast
enough but at £7.95 it's
overpriced. Day of the
Jackal?
Nearly, but not quite.
| Arcade version screenshot... |
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| Ratings given by other magazines |
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4/10
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7/10
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| Info supplied by the SPOT*ON database |
