This one looks suspiciously like a
sideways scrolling beat-'em-up to me, a bit
like
Kung-Fu Master (if you remember that).
Y'know, one where the idea is to make your
way from one side of the scrolling playing
area to the other, kicking and punching
baddies until they die. There aren't too
many beat-'em-ups like this around, as
most also allow you to move back into and
out of the screen as well (hello,
Target
Renegade), and, to tell you the truth these
sort are a lot more fun anyway 'cos you can
pick which baddies you want to fight with,
as well as how and when. But since you
can only move left and right here, things are
predictably far more boring. Very little skill is
actually needed either - it doesn't really
matter which move you use (of which there
aren't many anyway), and you don't have to
have any real sense of timing, except to
avoid the bloke who shoots at you (and is
almost always the cause of your death).
There's an end-of-level baddie too, but I
found that if I'd remembered to pick up the
weapon during the level - one of those
toilet chain things or whatever they're called
(Nunchukas. Ed) on Level 1 - it's no
problem to finish him off.
The graphics are generally crap,
including dreadful colour clash (although
you can play in mono) and bad scrolling,
and there's an annoying wait every time you
start a go. But the
greatest problem has to be the lack of
challenge, because you don't have to have
much skill or practice to get anywhere (as
long as you watch out for the bloke with the
gun). There're loads of levels (multiload,
tape-recorder fans), but all that means is
different backdrops, different looking
baddies but similar gameplay all the way
through. It's certainly not up to
Target
Renegade's standards, and as that's also
available on budget, I'd recommend either
buying that, or giving your money to me.
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