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File contents
Product: BOXER
Supplier: ACORNSOFT
Available on Tape, 3.5"/5.25" Disk (ADFS, DFS, CDFS)
Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG #51
THERE will be many readers who will raise their eyebrows ceiling high on
seeing a review of Acornsoft's BOXER. They will feel that as possibly
THE most abundant title for the Electron, and certainly one of the earl-
iest, Wal Mansell's platformer (which, let's face it, has very little to
do with boxing at all!) has already done so many rounds that it should
be truly exhausted.
But interestingly enough, simply because it WAS so quick on the
scene, BOXER missed out on an appraisal by a Software Surgery and, with
versions across all machines and all media formats, other readers pro-
bably reckon a review is long overdue. Seconds out, then...
The match, as indicated, is a platform game; done nicely in Mode 2
and including several rules swiped from the sport to give it a sense of
individuality: You are a boxer fighting an opponent; three falls and
you're out; survive one "Round", which is how levels are termed, and you
go on to the next one. It's a simple game of ladders, ropes and rafters,
huge hulking boxer and sundry sprites and a high playability factor
thanks to machine code programming.
Yet your scene is not a boxing ring but a gymnasium. Or so the inlay
would like you to believe - When was the last time you went into a gym
with four floors, ropes connecting them and dangerous boxing gloves and
dumbbells hurtling across each? Digression over, the object of the game
is not to compete with your opponent for the World Title but rather for
the Miss World collection of pixels standing on the bottom platform.
However, impressing this particular girl is strange. Evidently of a
camp thinking two men pulverising each other for entertainment is a bit
cruel, she has elected that the two instead try to catch balloons she
releases! So what we have here is a gym where floating balloons become
stuck in rafters above her and it's up to you to both reach and head-
butt [Is that allowed in boxing? - Ed] them before they free themselves.
Sounds simple and, once you've got the hang of it, it is...for a few
"Rounds". In contrast to you though, your opponent doesn't need to 'butt
five balloons to become the hero of the hour; it is simply enough that
YOU let five balloons get away to the top of the screen to ensure HIS
victory! It's also worth nothing that HE is completely unaffected by all
the gym instruments whizzing to and fro. And is carrying a big, infinite
stack of weights (They look more like pies when he drops them!) for the
sole purpose of depositing them on your head if you're on the rafter
beneath him!
Anything that moves in BOXER is no touchy-touchy. Failure to obey the
rule results in your boxer crashing to the ground. This even includes
the balloons themselves which cannot be headbutted until they become
lodged somewhere. As the game toughens up, the length of time they stick
around dwindles and, with increased numbers of gym instruments flying
across at foot, chest and head height, you are less likely to be able to
have time to consider a risk-free strategy for reaching them all.
Control in this game is very simple. Z, X, * and ? are used to walk
left and right and climb up and down ropes whilst <RETURN> punches and
<SHIFT> jumps. None of the fiendish gym equipment is unavoidable with a
combination of each - although look out for the unexpected fast-flying
boxing glove after you've been knocked down once and try to get back up
- and punching any object successfully will make it disappear. If you
wish, you can opt to use a Plus 1 joystick.
Each time you collect five balloons, your boxer falls in love, i.e.
little red hearts appear around his head, and you move to a harder gym.
The situation is reversed should you miss five (and you lose a life).
When a game is over, you are shown the High Score table and, if good
enough, asked to enter your name. Pretty standard stuff but nicely done
in that same way that all Acornsoft arcade games seem to share.
BOXER may be old [Released in 1984! - Ed] but it's worth having. The
Electron version is unfortunately too fast on a BBC (and the BBC version
too slow on an Electron!) but each version is exactly the same and shows
just what comparable speed an Electron can achieve when games are
correctly converted. It's also reasonably addictive and, as it's also on
ADFS (PAGE at &1D00 ok) disk, deserves to bound about a bit longer.
Dave Edwards
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It's | 000009b0 61 6c 73 6f 20 77 6f 72 74 68 20 6e 6f 74 68 69 |also worth nothi| 000009c0 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 48 45 20 69 73 20 63 6f |ng that HE is co| 000009d0 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 20 75 6e 61 66 66 65 63 |mpletely unaffec| 000009e0 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 6c 6c 0d 74 68 65 20 67 |ted by all.the g| 000009f0 79 6d 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 77 |ym instruments w| 00000a00 68 69 7a 7a 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 66 |hizzing to and f| 00000a10 72 6f 2e 20 41 6e 64 20 69 73 20 63 61 72 72 79 |ro. And is carry| 00000a20 69 6e 67 20 61 20 62 69 67 2c 20 69 6e 66 69 6e |ing a big, infin| 00000a30 69 74 65 0d 73 74 61 63 6b 20 6f 66 20 77 65 69 |ite.stack of wei| 00000a40 67 68 74 73 20 28 54 68 65 79 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 |ghts (They look | 00000a50 6d 6f 72 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 70 69 65 73 20 77 |more like pies w| 00000a60 68 65 6e 20 68 65 20 64 72 6f 70 73 20 74 68 65 |hen he drops the| 00000a70 6d 21 29 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 0d 73 6f 6c 65 |m!) for the.sole| 00000a80 20 70 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 6f 66 20 64 65 70 6f | purpose of depo| 00000a90 73 69 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6d 20 6f 6e 20 79 |siting them on y| 00000aa0 6f 75 72 20 68 65 61 64 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 27 |our head if you'| 00000ab0 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 61 66 74 65 72 |re on the rafter| 00000ac0 20 0d 62 65 6e 65 61 74 68 20 68 69 6d 21 0d 20 | .beneath him!. | 00000ad0 20 20 41 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 | Anything that | 00000ae0 6d 6f 76 65 73 20 69 6e 20 42 4f 58 45 52 20 69 |moves in BOXER i| 00000af0 73 20 6e 6f 20 74 6f 75 63 68 79 2d 74 6f 75 63 |s no touchy-touc| 00000b00 68 79 2e 20 46 61 69 6c 75 72 65 20 74 6f 20 6f |hy. Failure to o| 00000b10 62 65 79 20 74 68 65 0d 72 75 6c 65 20 72 65 73 |bey the.rule res| 00000b20 75 6c 74 73 20 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 62 6f 78 |ults in your box| 00000b30 65 72 20 63 72 61 73 68 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 |er crashing to t| 00000b40 68 65 20 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 |he ground. This | 00000b50 65 76 65 6e 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 73 20 0d 74 |even includes .t| 00000b60 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 6f 6f 6e 73 20 74 68 65 6d |he balloons them| 00000b70 73 65 6c 76 65 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 6e |selves which can| 00000b80 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 68 65 61 64 62 75 74 74 65 |not be headbutte| 00000b90 64 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 74 68 65 79 20 62 65 63 |d until they bec| 00000ba0 6f 6d 65 0d 6c 6f 64 67 65 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 77 |ome.lodged somew| 00000bb0 68 65 72 65 2e 20 41 73 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d |here. 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