Reviews

1983 - Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK)
by Matthew Smith

The first interesting game from the Manic Miner author.

The object of the game is to kill the Grim Reaper.

The game is played on a single screen divided by 3 parts.

Kill Giant spiders, man eating fish, etc.

The game is quite simple and it becames boring after a short while, after you kill the Grim Reaper you start over again but without reseting your score, so the main obejct of the game is scoring the highest score.

The gameplay is quite good, very fluid and easy to control. But it will not grab your attention for a long time.

I used to have a lot of fun with this little game and I didn´t even know Matthew Smith was the author.

I remember I found the game quite funny, glamorous and appealing back in the day and now I understand why... the great Matthew S. was behind it !!!

The laser-bean coming out from the belly of the astronaut is quite an amusing feature.

The movements are smooth and quick with no time for boredom.


Any Manic Miner lover will surely enjoy this little gem. I bet.

Enjoyable game by Matthew Smith, coded before his classic works.

Kill the Grim Reaper by entering a maze full of spiders and a pool of dangerous fishes ('aliens' according to the instructions), everything in the same screen: it's a simple and endless concept: Once you reach your objective, you start again in the same screen so it's a bit boring after some tries.