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| File size: | 1951 bytes |
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File contents
Product: SPECTIPEDE
Supplier: MASTERTRONIC
Available on Tape, 3.5"/5.25" Disk (CDFS, DFS)
Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG 55
THE BBC/Electron owner is spoilt for choice when it comes to the CATER-
PILLAR-style game, and they appear in so many compilations that it's
pretty much inconceivable that one of them isn't somewhere in your games
collection. SPECTIPEDE is the bug blasting variant from the budget com-
pany MASTERTRONIC; a fast-executing but clumsy conversion - and one that
kills you off far more often than those of a similar vein!
The blaster at the bottom of the screen, the sparse mushroom field
becoming more and more overcrowded as the game goes on and the long
insectipede winding through them and splitting in two when hit by your
bullets is one of the symbols of the true retro age. It's available in
almost this standard form on all machines up from the humble GAMEBOY to
the most powerful PC, and now you're unlikely to be asked to pay out
anything like the `8.95 ALLIGATA thought BUG BLASTER justified, or even
the `2.99 budget price this title went for. [At least, not just for it
alone. - Ed] So the question is what this particular title has to
recommend it from the rest?
Regretably, as indicated by the above intro, the answer is not very
much. You CHAIN it from the prompt and, after a few seconds' loading,
the micro makes an odd twittering sound as the MASTERTRONIC 'logo',
which is actually just the word, wriggles over your screen in an
S-shape typical of budget 'loaders' and introduces you to "SPECTAPEDE"!
Immediately being presented with spelling mistakes like this, a fault of
which a few budget companies are guilty, is at best irritating and at
worst merely symptomatic of what is to come.
After loading the next part, the screen blanks to Mode 6 and you are
asked which button you wish to use to fire. This causes two problems.
First, absolutely no effort has gone in to making the said screen
look attractive and even the cursor is still amateurishly blinking away.
Secondly, the message gives the impression that you only need one key
to press in order to play the game. So, for instance, you might quite
likely press <RETURN>. You must then tap whatever button you have chosen
to continue (unnecessary!) and THEN you are informed of the existence of
the OTHER buttons: Z - Left, X - Right, + - Up and . - Down. With the
<RETURN> key as fire, you're then left with a huge gap between your
fingers (stretching over one button on the Electron and two on the BBC)
unless you reload the game and choose * or <SPACE> as fire - the only
two realistic choices, anyway! And what of the possibility of a player
using one of the reserved keys as a fire button? Well, try this and
your game will be a chaotic mess where the fire button not only fires
but also sends your blaster in the specified direction at the same time!
For goodness' sake, MASTERTRONIC! Either have an option to redefine ALL
the keys or choose sensible ones and be done with it!
More loading and a similarly sighworthy screen asks "KeyBoard or
Joystick (K/J)?", "High/Low Resolution" and "Fast, Medium or Slow Game"
in turn. Now there's no doubting the usefulness of these features. Far
too few games have the joystick facility and the resolution factor means
simply that you can play in either Mode 1 (High) or Mode 5 (Low) which
is both easy on the eyes of respective players, helps vary the action of
a style of game which can seem to go on (and on!) and also makes the
game a little easier as the "pede" occasionally has a longer breadth of
screen to cross in Mode 1. You can even look upon this option as giving
you TWO conversions of the game; the only differences between some of
those put out by other companies was the Mode. Speed of game, of course,
also helps those whose arcade prowess is not up to that of the hardened
arcade addict.
But unfortunately the author has blown it again! In practice, the
game speed has little effect on how tough it actually is to play and the
options must be chosen before ANY game is commenced. So the screen is
forever flashing up and demanding input. Even this would be bearable
were it not that, after inputing F, M or S, you were not forced to sit
through a truly awful string of blips for fifteen seconds before the
game started. The same is also true on death, except the tune lasts
twice as long!
The game itself although it runs well on the Electron, goes far too
fast on the BBC, even on the S(low) setting and, also as mentioned in
the intro, death is a frequent occurence. Often you 'die' not as a re-
sult of a collision with any of the insects in the field (actually a
garden in this clone) but simply AFTER blasting the last portion of the
pede. This is extremely frustrating and means you can probably not
survive beyond level three...and it's not the only bug. On death, your
previous blaster stays on screen and becomes an obstacle to be avoided,
but can also be used to shelter behind from a pede on the bottom level
of screen coming at you from the side. If it's a feature, then it's one
not seen on other conversions, not one you'll like and LOOKS like a
bug!
After a while you'll be dead and invited to enter your name (by a
left-justified message that simply appears obliterating the background)
at a "?" prompt. As the keyboard buffer isn't cleared, you'll be staring
at a row of Zs and Xs so, to make your mark, you must first delete them!
Having rather emphatically berated this product by now, it does find
some saving grace in its graphics, which do all the right things and are
animated quite smoothly. A wriggling worm, bouncing spider and mushroom-
laying spider (!) invade the screen quite regularly and keep the player
on his toes.
There's no getting away from the fact that this is a flop though,
even though it was published at a time when budget titles were not ex-
pected to be of a very high standard. It was originally published quite
early into the life of its respective machines (1984), and, as ALLIGATA
and SUPERIOR's versions were doing the rounds at almost a tenner, with a
little thought could have provided serious competition at its reduced
price. But it doesn't, it wasn't, it isn't...and it never will be. For
any bug blasting, stick with the aptly-titled BUG BLASTER!
Dave Edwards, EUG #55
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SPECTIPEDE| 000001c0 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 67 20 62 6c 61 73 | is the bug blas| 000001d0 74 69 6e 67 20 76 61 72 69 61 6e 74 20 66 72 6f |ting variant fro| 000001e0 6d 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 64 67 65 74 20 63 6f 6d |m the budget com| 000001f0 2d 0d 70 61 6e 79 20 4d 41 53 54 45 52 54 52 4f |-.pany MASTERTRO| 00000200 4e 49 43 3b 20 61 20 66 61 73 74 2d 65 78 65 63 |NIC; a fast-exec| 00000210 75 74 69 6e 67 20 62 75 74 20 63 6c 75 6d 73 79 |uting but clumsy| 00000220 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 2d 20 61 6e | conversion - an| 00000230 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 74 68 61 74 0d 6b 69 6c 6c 73 |d one that.kills| 00000240 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 66 66 20 66 61 72 20 6d 6f 72 | you off far mor| 00000250 65 20 6f 66 74 65 6e 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 6f |e often than tho| 00000260 73 65 20 6f 66 20 61 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 |se of a similar | 00000270 76 65 69 6e 21 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 62 6c 61 |vein!. 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I| 00000380 74 27 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 69 6e |t's available in| 00000390 0d 61 6c 6d 6f 73 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 74 61 |.almost this sta| 000003a0 6e 64 61 72 64 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 6f 6e 20 61 6c |ndard form on al| 000003b0 6c 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 75 70 20 66 72 |l machines up fr| 000003c0 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 68 75 6d 62 6c 65 20 47 41 |om the humble GA| 000003d0 4d 45 42 4f 59 20 74 6f 0d 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 |MEBOY to.the mos| 000003e0 74 20 70 6f 77 65 72 66 75 6c 20 50 43 2c 20 61 |t powerful PC, a| 000003f0 6e 64 20 6e 6f 77 20 79 6f 75 27 72 65 20 75 6e |nd now you're un| 00000400 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 73 6b |likely to be ask| 00000410 65 64 20 74 6f 20 70 61 79 20 6f 75 74 0d 61 6e |ed to pay out.an| 00000420 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 |ything like the | 00000430 60 38 2e 39 35 20 41 4c 4c 49 47 41 54 41 20 74 |`8.95 ALLIGATA t| 00000440 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 42 55 47 20 42 4c 41 53 54 |hought BUG BLAST| 00000450 45 52 20 6a 75 73 74 69 66 69 65 64 2c 20 6f 72 |ER justified, or| 00000460 20 65 76 65 6e 0d 74 68 65 20 60 32 2e 39 39 20 | even.the `2.99 | 00000470 62 75 64 67 65 74 20 70 72 69 63 65 20 74 68 69 |budget price thi| 00000480 73 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 77 65 6e 74 20 66 6f 72 |s title went for| 00000490 2e 20 5b 41 74 20 6c 65 61 73 74 2c 20 6e 6f 74 |. [At least, not| 000004a0 20 6a 75 73 74 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 0d 61 6c 6f | just for it.alo| 000004b0 6e 65 2e 20 2d 20 45 64 5d 20 53 6f 20 74 68 65 |ne. - Ed] So the| 000004c0 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 77 68 61 | question is wha| 000004d0 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 |t this particula| 000004e0 72 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 68 61 73 20 74 6f 20 0d |r title has to .| 000004f0 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 20 69 74 20 66 72 6f |recommend it fro| 00000500 6d 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 3f 0d 20 20 20 52 |m the rest?. R| 00000510 65 67 72 65 74 61 62 6c 79 2c 20 61 73 20 69 6e |egretably, as in| 00000520 64 69 63 61 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 61 |dicated by the a| 00000530 62 6f 76 65 20 69 6e 74 72 6f 2c 20 74 68 65 20 |bove intro, the | 00000540 61 6e 73 77 65 72 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 76 65 |answer is not ve| 00000550 72 79 0d 6d 75 63 68 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 43 48 41 |ry.much. 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After lo| 00000730 61 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 70 |ading the next p| 00000740 61 72 74 2c 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 |art, the screen | 00000750 62 6c 61 6e 6b 73 20 74 6f 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 36 |blanks to Mode 6| 00000760 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 0d 61 73 6b | and you are.ask| 00000770 65 64 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 |ed which button | 00000780 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 |you wish to use | 00000790 74 6f 20 66 69 72 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 |to fire. This ca| 000007a0 75 73 65 73 20 74 77 6f 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d |uses two problem| 000007b0 73 2e 0d 20 20 20 46 69 72 73 74 2c 20 61 62 73 |s.. First, abs| 000007c0 6f 6c 75 74 65 6c 79 20 6e 6f 20 65 66 66 6f 72 |olutely no effor| 000007d0 74 20 68 61 73 20 67 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e 20 74 6f |t has gone in to| 000007e0 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 69 64 | making the said| 000007f0 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 0d 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 61 74 | screen .look at| 00000800 74 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 61 6e 64 20 65 76 65 |tractive and eve| 00000810 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 73 6f 72 20 69 73 20 |n the cursor is | 00000820 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 61 6d 61 74 65 75 72 69 73 68 |still amateurish| 00000830 6c 79 20 62 6c 69 6e 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 77 61 79 |ly blinking away| 00000840 2e 0d 20 20 20 53 65 63 6f 6e 64 6c 79 2c 20 74 |.. Secondly, t| 00000850 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 67 69 76 65 73 |he message gives| 00000860 20 74 68 65 20 69 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 | the impression | 00000870 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6e 65 |that you only ne| 00000880 65 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 6b 65 79 0d 74 6f 20 70 72 |ed one key.to pr| 00000890 65 73 73 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 74 6f 20 |ess in order to | 000008a0 70 6c 61 79 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 53 |play the game. S| 000008b0 6f 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 63 65 2c |o, for instance,| 000008c0 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 69 67 68 74 20 71 75 69 74 65 | you might quite| 000008d0 20 0d 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 3c | .likely press <| 000008e0 52 45 54 55 52 4e 3e 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 |RETURN>. You mus| 000008f0 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 61 70 20 77 68 61 74 65 |t then tap whate| 00000900 76 65 72 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 |ver button you h| 00000910 61 76 65 20 63 68 6f 73 65 6e 0d 74 6f 20 63 6f |ave chosen.to co| 00000920 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 20 28 75 6e 6e 65 63 65 73 73 |ntinue (unnecess| 00000930 61 72 79 21 29 20 61 6e 64 20 54 48 45 4e 20 79 |ary!) and THEN y| 00000940 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 |ou are informed | 00000950 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 69 73 74 65 6e 63 65 |of the existence| 00000960 20 6f 66 0d 74 68 65 20 4f 54 48 45 52 20 62 75 | of.the OTHER bu| 00000970 74 74 6f 6e 73 3a 20 5a 20 2d 20 4c 65 66 74 2c |ttons: Z - Left,| 00000980 20 58 20 2d 20 52 69 67 68 74 2c 20 2b 20 2d 20 | X - Right, + - | 00000990 55 70 20 61 6e 64 20 2e 20 2d 20 44 6f 77 6e 2e |Up and . - Down.| 000009a0 20 57 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 0d 3c 52 45 54 55 52 | With the.<RETUR| 000009b0 4e 3e 20 6b 65 79 20 61 73 20 66 69 72 65 2c 20 |N> key as fire, | 000009c0 79 6f 75 27 72 65 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6c 65 66 74 |you're then left| 000009d0 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 68 75 67 65 20 67 61 70 | with a huge gap| 000009e0 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 0d 66 | between your .f| 000009f0 69 6e 67 65 72 73 20 28 73 74 72 65 74 63 68 69 |ingers (stretchi| 00000a00 6e 67 20 6f 76 65 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 62 75 74 74 |ng over one butt| 00000a10 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 |on on the Electr| 00000a20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 74 77 6f 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |on and two on th| 00000a30 65 20 42 42 43 29 0d 75 6e 6c 65 73 73 20 79 6f |e BBC).unless yo| 00000a40 75 20 72 65 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d |u reload the gam| 00000a50 65 20 61 6e 64 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 2a 20 6f |e and choose * o| 00000a60 72 20 3c 53 50 41 43 45 3e 20 61 73 20 66 69 72 |r <SPACE> as fir| 00000a70 65 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 0d 74 77 6f |e - the only.two| 00000a80 20 72 65 61 6c 69 73 74 69 63 20 63 68 6f 69 63 | realistic choic| 00000a90 65 73 2c 20 61 6e 79 77 61 79 21 20 41 6e 64 20 |es, anyway! And | 00000aa0 77 68 61 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 73 73 |what of the poss| 00000ab0 69 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 6f 66 20 61 20 70 6c 61 |ibility of a pla| 00000ac0 79 65 72 0d 75 73 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 |yer.using one of| 00000ad0 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20 6b 65 | the reserved ke| 00000ae0 79 73 20 61 73 20 61 20 66 69 72 65 20 62 75 74 |ys as a fire but| 00000af0 74 6f 6e 3f 20 57 65 6c 6c 2c 20 74 72 79 20 74 |ton? Well, try t| 00000b00 68 69 73 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 79 6f 75 72 20 67 61 |his and .your ga| 00000b10 6d 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 61 20 63 68 61 |me will be a cha| 00000b20 6f 74 69 63 20 6d 65 73 73 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 |otic mess where | 00000b30 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 65 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 |the fire button | 00000b40 6e 6f 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 66 69 72 65 73 20 0d |not only fires .| 00000b50 62 75 74 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 65 6e 64 73 20 79 |but also sends y| 00000b60 6f 75 72 20 62 6c 61 73 74 65 72 20 69 6e 20 74 |our blaster in t| 00000b70 68 65 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 65 64 20 64 69 72 |he specified dir| 00000b80 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 |ection at the sa| 00000b90 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 21 0d 46 6f 72 20 67 6f 6f |me time!.For goo| 00000ba0 64 6e 65 73 73 27 20 73 61 6b 65 2c 20 4d 41 53 |dness' sake, MAS| 00000bb0 54 45 52 54 52 4f 4e 49 43 21 20 45 69 74 68 65 |TERTRONIC! Eithe| 00000bc0 72 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6e 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e |r have an option| 00000bd0 20 74 6f 20 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 65 20 41 4c 4c | to redefine ALL| 00000be0 0d 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 73 20 6f 72 20 63 68 6f |.the keys or cho| 00000bf0 6f 73 65 20 73 65 6e 73 69 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 65 |ose sensible one| 00000c00 73 20 61 6e 64 20 62 65 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 77 69 |s and be done wi| 00000c10 74 68 20 69 74 21 0d 20 20 20 4d 6f 72 65 20 6c |th it!. 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