DEATH CHASE Richard Wilson s 2008 s disk, joystick
A CPC conversion of an old 1983 Spectrum game? Get outta here. What? You're serious? Okay if you must. Deathchase is Spectrum game from way back in 1983. One of the first examples of first person perspective games. It was well received from the gaming magazines at the time, and Your Sinclair even named it as the number one Spectrum game of all time. Taking place over eight stages, the game involves you controlling a motorcycle as you chase down other motorists through a forest, gaining points for destroying them. Tanks and helicopters also appear in the distance and can be destroyed for points. Richard Wilson, a.k.a. The Executioner, is well known in the CPC scene with software ranging from ParaDOS to the arcade CPC+ conversion of Frogger. Here he took it upon himself to convert this classic Speccy game over to the CPC, as it was, without any extra time spent on it. That is what he has done, and well I might add. It's a perfect
n Speeding through the forest on my speeder bike. conversion of the source product. As you would expect for a 1983 game, the graphics are monochromatic and simplistic, sound is barely existent, and the gameplay looks aged. Maybe it was a
SECOND OPINION “There’s no doubt that this is a fine programming achievement, but whether it’s a gaming achievement remains doubtful.” NR
game of its time. There’s no denying that this is a spot on conversion, but the aged gameplay has been converted across as well. AJ
FIRST DAY TARGET SCORE Defeat one opponent
The Verdict GRAPHICS
34%
< Blocky monochrome sprites. < Move well enough though
SONICS
27%
< Sparse effects.
GRAB FACTOR
61%
< A famous Speccy game.
STAYING POWER
49%
< Okay game, but with an old concept.
AA RATING
n Graphics are simple, but it’s the gameplay that matters.
56%
< A great Speccy game arriving 20 years too late on the CPC.
AMSTRAD ACTION
57