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File contents
                Product:     MYSTERY OF THE JAVA STAR
                    Supplier:     SHARDS SOFTWARE
         Available on Tape, 3.5"/5.25" Disk (ADFS, DFS, CDFS)
                  Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG #52

WITH its title, accompanied by a box illustration of a model ship in 
water, one would assume the Java Star to be the vessel of the name. Not
so. In fact, the adventure reveals that Java Star is a precious ruby the
"size of a pheasant egg" that was lost en route from Cayenne, South
America to Kingston on 16th September 1767. Its new home is a sunken 
wreck, the Sea Witch, beneath the Atlantic Sea. Intriguingly, you are 
invited to investigate all the elements of this last voyage then finance
a one man mission to get your greasy hands on its secrets.
   As in Shards' PETTIGREW'S DIARY, you are presented with a self-des-
cribed epic adventure written in BASIC which loads in a number of parts;
in JAVA STAR, this is four. "Epic" connotates in both that locations in 
separate countries must be traversed to complete them and the Elk ver-
sions are all fully compatible with the rest of the 32K BBC series.
   If you were around schools in the mid-Eighties, you'll remember a 
variety of BBC only Mode 7 'adventure' games constructed in such a way
as to be educational (eg. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, MAGIC GARDEN, WAGONS
WEST) which loaded from 5.25" disk(s) - which only one teacher knew how
to <SHIFT><BREAK> up! All such games usually had factors in common: The
<BREAK> and <ESCAPE> keys were well protected so hands unaccustomed to
the keyboard didn't ruin a session tapping them, games were simple and
had all instructions on screen, lots of use was made of colour and sound
and it was not possible to 'die' but only to fail by not noting or re-
membering info from ONE part of the game in a subsequent part.
   Generally, this meant these games were intended for a young audience
equipped with official photocopied log-books, or at the least a paper 
and pen. The relevance of all this history is that JAVA STAR is somewhat
of a game of this age but set in Modes 1 and 5 instead of 7. You must
equip yourself with a notebook and biro and be prepared to complete a
series of puzzles before progressing on the search.
   Earlier, the word adventure was used to describe this but it has NONE
of the traditional elements (Unlike PETTIGREW where section two needed
commands like NORTH, EAST, etc). You progress from location to location
via reassembling graphical maps, answering questions correctly, buying
an aeroplane ticket and choosing to cruise around the map's island. It
all takes time; typically on tape over two hours. Half this with disk.
   Although this all sounds complicated, it isn't because in all of the
first three parts of JAVA STAR, the player is prevented from making any
henious mistakes by the program itself. In Bristol, which is where you
discover the map indicating where the Sea Witch floundered - although
what it's doing there is anybody's guess - you must simply piece it to-
gether to move onto London (and you can see the solution by pressing H).
   In London, the nicest part of the game, you can visit many places of
historial interest and, as well as discovering a lot about the weather
and course of the ill-fated craft to transscribe, visit places such as
the Old Bailey, the Stock Exchange and Buckingham Palace. After a set 
number of excursions, you need to gain a high grade on a quiz and buy a
ticket to Jamaica to proceed.
   A map of South America begins part three, presenting one relevant and
many irrelevant locations where you can begin to search. The correct co-
ordinates are obvious if you've studied the earlier parts and "that 
seems like a good place" confirms them when entered. Unfortunately, try-
ing elsewhere isn't accepted and the map remains until said grid coords
are entered so, although the map detail is accurate and nicely drawn, it
is otherwise a pointless scene.
   Fortunately, the bulk of the scene involves selecting an island to
investigate. The screen shows four at a time, tilted through 90 degrees
to make comparison with the map more difficult. The instructions for 
this part are meagre and it is not nearly as hard as it at first seems.
First, you need an isle with both a town and lake so discount any with-
out. Then survey any island looking vaguely like the map by pressing F.
   I spent ages surveying different islands and discrediting any that
even had one discrepancy such as "The bays are not opposite" fearing
landing there would waste funds. Eventually I decided enough was enough
and replied Y to the "Land?" prompt only to find that as there were less
than SEVEN faults, I had probably chosen the correct one, and, when the
island loaded, it was suddenly IDENTICAL to the map!
   However, just when you're thinking JAVA STAR must be ridiculously 
easy, you come to the search of the island which is simultaneously very
difficult and mindnumbingly snoozeworthy. The movement routine from 
PETTIGREW (that everyone hoped never to see again) is back! The area 
around the island is huge and moving the boat through it takes far, far
too long pixel by pixel. Now with a confusing map and yrds scale to com-
plicate the search further, selecting a location is pure guesswork and
after a few unsuccessful dives, which again take too long, all your dosh
will disappear. The tape version is bugged here too and locks up without
displaying your score due to a combination of a CHAIN" " command and ON
ERROR RUN statement.
   Make the wreck and the added factor of a time limit and stupid con-
trols worsen the affair still! Only with a lot of patience, and repeated
dives is it possible to get the ruby and gold out. More players will 
tire of the slow movement long before they even find them.
   JAVA STAR is a very early game, released in 1984, and is one on its
own with an idea that is quite sound. Indeed, elementary mistakes like
not clearing the keyboard buffer properly can be forgiven compared with
its inventive and experimental content. It's also clever that a player's
finances are limited, and shopping around in London can both deplete and
increase them. But counter-balancing this are some irritating touches 
like the map which changes depending on the screen Mode - and senseless
repetition of the "We Are Sailing" music in each part.
   Were part four not so out of sync, slow, bugged and boring, this 
would be a viable educational title with which children (as it does 
protect the <BREAK> key) and adults could while away an hour or two. Its
score breakdown on the disk version also makes for an interesting read.
But, ruined by part four, it still falls into the same league as PETTI-
GREW. Hence, it is not recommended and will probably very rarely be
completed.
                                                   Dave Edwards, EUG #52

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00001a60  20 77 69 6c 6c 20 70 72  6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 76  | will probably v|
00001a70  65 72 79 20 72 61 72 65  6c 79 20 62 65 0d 63 6f  |ery rarely be.co|
00001a80  6d 70 6c 65 74 65 64 2e  0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |mpleted..       |
00001a90  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
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00001ab0  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 44 61 76 65  |            Dave|
00001ac0  20 45 64 77 61 72 64 73  2c 20 45 55 47 20 23 35  | Edwards, EUG #5|
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