Reviews

A rather obscure and under-appreciated little game. Unlike a lot of isometric titles this is split into levels which must be solved, quickly, by crashing the player's robot into unstable nuclear cells. Whereas other isometric room-based games like 'Batman' and 'Rentakill Rita' demand time and patience of the player, 'Nuclear Countdown' is more suited to quick play and whilst not as impressive as the aforementioned titles in a chin-stroking way it's probably more attractive to modern gamers. Advancing past the next screen tends to be case of careful manoeuvring around robots, using the shield to take-out some of the more troublesome droids and solving simple puzzles.

Not all that deep and not, I imagine, all that long but good-looking, fast and fun. Recommended.