More raiding of the Speccy back-catalogue
with this SAM adaptation of the game that
launched Incentive. You play Zippy, a sort
of sentient 'X', who has to traverse a giant
maze eating grass and plums. Hmmm. The
big prob is that the maze is moving
independently of old Zip, so that you're
constantly in danger of being squashed
against the walls. Later levels have water
traps and stun tiles, but your biggest
enemy is always the maze, or rather
mazes. Y'see, this version has two
completely new and even trickier
landscapes thrown in.
As regards presentation, there's a jolly,
upbeat music track, but the graphics are
rubbish. There's no animation and the
scrolling is blocky and jerky. To be fair, this
was true of the Speccy version, and
anyway, in this sort of game the graphics
take a back seat to the gameplay. This is
old-style sweaty-palm business as you tear
around the maze, never quite knowing if
you can risk nipping down that corridor to
grab those plums. The rough graphics belie
the great playability, it really is incredibly
addictive. And, as the maze moves
pseudo-randomly, it's practically a different
game each time. Having said all that,
Splat!
is a game based on a single idea, and one
that can get somewhat repetitive after a
surprisingly short time. On the whole a
thumbs-up, but you'd do best to give it a try
before you buy.
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