Infogrames
Price: £19.95
Prohibition is not the first game to be released
from the French company Infogrames, but it is the first that I have
encountered, and I must be honest with you, it isn't exactly the
greatest game ever written.
Infogrames have taken the theme from the
Prohibition era in the 1930's in America and turned it into what is
potentially a good game but which falls short in several areas. As
with many games nowadays it is another shoot 'em up. You control the
sight of a machine gun, and must scroll around the various buildings
blowing away the gangsters hiding in windows, dustbins, doorways
etc. The gunsight is controlled by either the mouse, which feels
fairly natural after a while, or the keyboard, which doesn't. The
background scrolls smoothly by in any of four directions, and is
quite fast. The background itself is in medium resolution, so only
four colours are available. The colours chose are black, red, white
and grey which gives a certain 'old' murky nineteen thirties type
feel to the game and adds to the atmosphere enormously. However,
whereas other reviewers have said the graphics are good, I
personally feel that they are rather too plain. I feel that the
authors could have done a much better job.
The sound is digitized, as in many cases on the
ST. The screams of the hostages and the 'ratatat' of the machine
guns are all excellent. When you are hit, the sound of your scream
and groaning really is quite horrific!
This isn't a bad game, but then again it isn't a
good game either. Some people will however find it enthralling
because it tempts you back for 'just one more try'.
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