1986 Ocean Software (UK)
Keith Purkiss, Dawn Drake and Simon Butler
This was meant to be the Spectrum equivalent to the English TV show called 'Its a Knockout', which was in fact the English alternative name to the famous "Games Without Frontiers". As you all know it featured multiple "sport" events. All meant to be funny and goofy.
I must say I was always a fan of weird stuff, so this game came as a good surprise. It's always fun to see what the next level will deliver.
Of course, you can never compare this to the brilliance of 'Hyper Sports' or the 'Daley Thompsons' series. Yes, I'm comparing games. After all the theme is still competing in different events, and the game mechanics are essentially the same. About the overall quality? No. That can't be compared.
The game starts off well, with a fun looking event. But after the first level, downhill comes quite fast.
Also because the events function as part of a competition, and points are calculated only in the end, there is no difficulty required to jump to the next level like you have in 'Hyper Sports'.
by Keith A. Purkiss, Dawn Drake, Simon Butler
It's a collection of mini-games in the context of a demented Games Without Frontiers kind of competition, with various European countries as partecipants. Generally panned, it's in fact extremely silly and flimsy, with challenges as Flying Fans, in which you have to catch with a tray pies that are literally catapulted from behind a wall, Bronto Bash, in which you have to bash brontosaurus peeping their head out of lined holes, another one in which you have to zipline from a transatlantic jumping inside a rubber ring, and other nonsense. Only, I think they're sufficiently fun. The only game I don't really like it's the Obstacle Race. So, if you're up to some really stupid entertainment, this one may be for you.
3/5
