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Compilations
schmompilations, I hear you cry.
(Or possibly not.) Yes, I know we
don't usually do much on this
sort of thing in YS - mainly for
space reasons, and because we
think you're probably keener to
find out about newer games,
than loads of oldies bunged out
for the umpteenth time. (Tell us if
you're not!) But this one, when it
popped through the office letter
box, really caught my eye.
Basically, Brian, 10 Great Games
II is Gremlin's Greatest Hits from
1987, and that includes some
mighty fine games.
Right, so let's hit it. (OOOF!) Oh, sorry. Now, what do you get? Ten, yes ten games, including four YS megagames and one never before released... Auf Wiedersehen Monty - The third and probably the best of the Monty platformers. This time Monty is traveling across Europe, which fortunately is chock full of platforms and ladders. Loads of good jokes, and very challenging. Samurai Trilogy - Bash 'n' slash game with excellent large sprites and neat backgrounds. Little else to distinguish it though, from the other 4000000000 similar games on the market. Mask I - Not the best toy tie-in, and like all the Mask titles it didn't sell too well. Fairly average Commando variant that's mildly diverting, but no more. The Duct - a sort of Hive variant which involves you zooming through a network of vector graphic tunnels, avoiding hazards, a bit like Tempest in a beach buggy, if you get my drift. Not bad, but tricky. Jack The Nipper II - Ah now, this is the business. A really cracking arcade adventure that actually merits the old cliche, 'state of the art'. Worth the £9.99 by itself. Convoy Raider - strategy with arcadey leanings which appals purists, but I rather liked it. Neat perspective graphics and loads of action. Basil The Great Mouse Detective - Gremlin's first Disney licence, and a bit of a disappointment. An arcade adventure that never really gets going, let down by dull gameplay and drabbish graphics. Death Wish III - Not bad, this urban violence game, but nothing remarkable. Unlucky enough to come out at about the same time as Renegade, with which it couldn't compare. Thing Bounces Back - Breathtakingly fast platformer that's both hard and immensely enjoyable. As always, Gremlin excels at this sort of game, unfashionable though it is. The Final Matrix - Brillo arcade mapping game, which needs fast reactions and about seven eyes. Virtually ignored when it came out, but you'll be a mollusc to pass it by this time. So there you have it. Not every one's a winner, but there's enough in 10 Great Games II to fire up even the most jaded gaming palate. As that world-renowned philosopher Climie Fisher once said, "I know you're going to dig this." And as Mud once said, "That's neat, that's neat, that's neat, that's neat, I wanna love your tiger feet." What more can we say?
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