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- SKIDMARKS - Acid Software £25.99
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- Skidmarks hey? That's a name that could have caused a stir a bit like Dong!
- did. Thankfully, everybody seems to be a bit more grown up about it this
- time. Anyway, on with the review.
- Inside the box, you are presented with 4 disks and a cheap-looking manual
- (compared to a standard MicroProse one anyway). The four disks are as follows
- Program disk: This contains the actual program (funny that, heh?) and the
- car graphics for non-AGA Amigas. This disk is not copy-protected and
- installed perfectly well on my hard drive.
- 2 Track disks: These two disks each contain 6 tracks each.
- The disks are copy-protected (and if you've any sense, you'll leave them that
- way!).
- AGA Car Graphics disk: Guess what's on this disk? It is also copy-protected.
- I don't know why, as the non-AGA graphics aren't.
- Upon loading, you are presented with a comms set-up screen.
- This is perhaps the most powerful part of the game. It enables up to four
- people to play the game either on linked up Amigas or via modem. In fact,
- Acid Software are planning to set up a modem championship in the near future.
- On a standard A1200, only two of the four types of cars can be used in a race
- due to the memory. If you load for hard drive, then it is only one.
- However, booting from disk and only using non-AGA graphics, all four car
- types can be used in a race. This greatly increases the enjoyment as
- everybody can have their favorite vehicles.
- The four cars available are Porsche, Camaro (with monster truck sized wheels)
- Monster Truck (Big Foot type) and a Dirt Buggy. The Porsche has the highest
- top speed of all and handles well on the tarmac tracks. However, it slips and
- slides its way on the dirt and mud tracks. The Camaro is my favorite.
- It handles terribly, but it goes fast on all surfaces and is generally fun.
- The Monster Truck, while having excellent road holding even on the
- slipperiest of tracks, is vvvvveeeeerrrryyyyy sssllloooooowwww. The Dirt
- Buggy is generally a load of rubbish, being neither fast nor having good road
- holding. However, if you find winning against the computer too easy, stick
- them in a Porsche and jump in a Dirt Buggy. It makes for a very challenging
- race and is most enjoyable when you win.
- That is the best thing about Skidmarks. It is truly an enjoyable and playable
- game and is great value for money (especially for me, as I was a beta tester
- and got mine for only £10). With modem link up and new car and track disks
- in preparation, it looks like skidmarks will be a game that will be played
- for months, if not years to come. Brilliant and thoroughly recommended.
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- Alex Wingrove.
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- LIBERATION - MINDSCAPE £34.99
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- Liberation, looks good, sounds good, but is it all it's made out to be?
- Read on to find out.
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- First of all, I must point out one LARGE factor in this review.
- I am reviewing the CD32 version of Liberation because I purchased the A1200
- version and it would not play from a HardDrive. I was very dissapointed in
- this, as the only way to get the full benefit from the game is to have it
- installed on a HardDrive. The game installed onto the HardDrive OK, but
- it would only show the Animation and a loading screen. That was (and still
- is) as far as the game will load.
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- This aside, on with the review....
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- The object of the game is to guide your four droids through the streets and
- find and rescue some prisoners.
- Graphically the game is excellent and the music and spot effects are also
- very atmospheric!
- To say that this is a BIG game would be like saying The Empire State Building
- would fit in my Living Room!!!!
- The game is Huge,Astronomic,Colossal,Gigantic and Enormous all rolled into
- one! It will take you Weeks if not Months to finish this game!
- Whilst walking around the streets, you will come accross ALL forms of life,
- like Daleks,Dinosours,K-9 and even little Scottish blokes in Grey Capes ?!
- You can talk and trade with ANYONE in the game and can even go into the local
- Bars and order a drink and chat up the females at the bar!!!!!
- When talking to people, you are given information on the whereabouts of the
- prisoners, but it is still up to you to find where the places are that you
- are told of! If all else fails, just jump into a Taxi and tell it where to
- take you to! (They don't have drivers in the future you know!)
- If the game itself had loaded from my HardDrive, I would be writing a LONG
- review about this excellent game, but as it didn't, I am a little bit
- disillusioned in whether this game is really all its made out to be.
- I mean, If it says HardDrive Compatible on the box, then you expect it to
- work properly from one.
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- If it wasn't for this, I would recommend the game to EVERYONE, but until
- the publishers iron out this glitch I suggest that you buy a CD32 to play
- it on !!!!
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- Darren.
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