FUNSOFT (U.S.GOLD)
48k cass/disk ... 1/2 players
In SNOKIE the player controls a red and white(!)
penguin moving him across a rocky landscape, onto floating islands,
through laser beams and more. The game seems to be derived from
Scramble and it reminds me of Sea Dragon although it is not as good.
The graphics are simple and fairly crude although
they are very clear. Colour is adequate (just). Sound follows the same
lines as the graphics. No four channel stuff here! The controls are a
bit sluggish so that you can lose lives unnecessarily but a nice
feature when you die is that a skull appears and winks at you! This
little feature actually makes the game a little more addictive.
A few years ago SNOKIE would have represented very
good value for money at £9.95 for cassette (£12.95 for disk) but
nowadays with Atari cartridges selling at the same price it no longer
seems so. Even so SNOKIE is well written and is not rubbish, it is
just another average game.
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