Reviews

1983 Sunshine Books(UK)
by Peter Aked

A mixture of Berzerk and Maziacs.
I love the maze and all and it plays quite well, but honestly don't have much patience for it nowadays.
The aim of the game is to find the exit in each level.
Beware the aliens (they are all green and look like Pac-man), step into the 'G' squares to gain ammo or the 'S' squares to gain shield power. The cyan doors keep the aliens way.
That's it basically, a game for points.
A bit too fast to be enjoyable enough, at least has the classic Maziacs.

A nice little maze game/shoot-em-up for the 16K Spectrum. Stuck in a wrap-around maze creeping with Androids - which despite their name do not resemble human beings at all - you must find the exit, which is always located in a different place, and proceed to the next maze, which has always the same layout, but is filled with more Androids. You have a five-shot laser gun to defend yourself, and five shields as well, which you can replenish by collecting Gs and Ss tokens scattered on the maze floor.

Fast and furious action make Androids a no-nonsense zapping fest, although the ever-repeating maze limits its lasting power.

my favourite matchstickly maze game from 1983 is probably sunshine's androids.
i used to play a hacked italian version of this one, so there's a clear nostalgic factor, but i find it still good for the demented pace of your character,
and the twitching, random movements of the wicked, green ball-shaped aliens - which can be destroyed by your laser. there's not much else in the game, but it's enough.
i don't feel the need of a modern POV arcade/adventure game or whatever.

The movement is quite fluid in this maze game , and this is one of the main aspects of Androids .

The plot pretty much resembles that of Maziacs but with a different angle .


I like games where you can get lost , and this is one of those .

A pretty decent game , especially for its day and time .

Recommended .

It's not a bad game, the problem is it's too fast and movement is a pain as a result, especially when you're being shot at and you're trying to manoeuvre to shoot him, but you can't because it's too quick. This would have easily earned a 4 if not for that.