Commodore AMIGA

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Dodatno:
Originalna verzija (IPF)
WHDLoad trdi disk verzija (LHA)

Opisi:
Zzap 64, #43, November 1988, Gordon Houghton & Maff Evans, Overall 39% 


BOMB JACK

Elite, 24.99 pounds disk

  This  is  a  game featuring  a superhero.  Ha! You  expected me  to tell  the
underpants joke didn't you? Well, I'm not going to tell the underpants joke  so
there, NYAH! The  superhero in question  is Bomb Jack,  star of arcade  screens
throughout the  land as  he, risking  life and  limb to  save the  planet from.
(blah, blah, blah).
  Now, some nasty character from somewhere ville in somewhere else land  (okay,
I don't know where exactly, but it's  got to be somewhere so let's leave  it at
that) has taken a  severe dislike to many  of the world's most  popular tourist
spots - namely the Great  Pyramids, The Parthenon, Disneyland, Miami  Beach and
Hollywood - and has planted a number of bombs designed to blow them to bits. In
case anyone decides  to try and  thwart his plans,  he leaves an  army of robot
warriors at  each scene  to guard  the bombs.  You take  the part of the daring
superhero in  his race  to defuse  the bombs  before they  detonate, by leaping
across platforms picking up the explosives as you go.
  So off to save the world you trot. In fact you're in such a hurry, you manage
to put your underpants over your tights. (Oh no! I said it! Aaaaargh!) 

Gordon Houghton:
  Well, er...  This isn't really what  honest(?) reviewers like us  are looking
for at 24.99,  is  it? I  mean, the 64  version wasn't up  to much and, despite
arcade-accurate graphics (aaah, I remember the arcade), this isn't either.  For
a start, it's  too easy -  a lot easier  than its coin-op  counterpart - and to
make things worse,  it's far too  expensive. Then the sound is pretty  terrible 
- I'd  rather be  kept awake  all night  listening to  the Bee  Gees -  and the
presentation is  virtually non-existent;  get the  impression that  there's not
much to  recommend  it?  In fact,  wouldn't this  kind of  basic platform  game 
- licence or not -  be better around 10-15?  I'd  only urge ardent fans of  the
original to try it. On second thoughts, no I wouldn't. 

Maff Evans:
  Bomb Jack was one of my most favourite arcade games a few years ago and I was
incredibly  disappointed by  the 64  conversion. When  I heard  about an  Amiga
conversion, I thought  that at last  I would see  a decent home  version of the
game, but, lo and behold, it's not much better than its predecessor! The  arena
seems bigger, which improves  the gameplay a bit  (a very little bit),  but the
robots act  so stupidly  that it's  far too  easy to  complete the first set of
levels. The opening music gives you a  general idea of what to expect, in  fact
I'd go so far as  to say it's the worst  I've heard on the Amiga.  The graphics
aren't much better either:  the backdrops are OK,  but the effect is  ruined by
the  emaciated sprites  and piddly  platforms. Bomb  Jack is  a seriously  sub-
standard conversion and I expect much much more from the Amiga. 

PRESENTATION 52%
A few standard  options and the  title screen looks  as though it's  only there
because it has to be.
GRAPHICS 59%
Decent backgrounds but there's naff all good about the sprites.
SOUND 23%
Well, it's in tune...
HOOKABILITY 30%
As soon as you hear the title music you know it's going to be rubbish...
LASTABILITY 25%
...and it doesn't get any better.
OVERALL 39%
Yet another poor arcade conversion of Bomb Jack - the game must be doomed!


Commodore User, September 1988, Gary Whitta, CU Rating 6/10
C+VG, August 1990, Budget, Overall 40%