ALSTRAD By Paul Gill 48k Spectrum game, played by Gareth On Sam 512K ________________________________________________________________ 'ALSTRAD' is one of the many games that 'THE GUILD' have transferred between various formats. It originally started out its life as a game written in BASIC and m/c on the Amstrad. The 'plot' is as follows. In the far off kingdom of Megabyte there lived a King called Kilobyte. All was happy and peaceful in this rather strange land until the evil SINK kidnapped King Kilobyte's daughter Sally Software. You are Al-Strad and must rescue Sally from the evil SINK's LAIR. The game's Amstrad roots show up in the Spectrum version. It is very much a return to the more traditional problems of MORE >>>> adventuring. You start off being hungry for instance. There's the usual river to be crossed, the dog to get passed, the crocodile to get rid of as well as the mazes (which come in the form of the forest of deja-vu and the puckman maze). Does that mean that the adventure is lacking in originality?. The answer is No. For the world of Megabyte is hardly dull - In fact it's totally wacky. At points in the game you'll find yourself flying, taking a space rocket to the moon, and giving a computer game to someone so that they melt (?) You also come across several well known computer characters - There's even a character called Kevin Tons of Adductive (Remember him??) The game features all the usual commands you'd expect in a PAWed game as well as QSAVE, QLOAD, AGAIN and EXITS. It's also a lot better put together than some of the other GUILD conversions - It makes you feel as though PEGASUS SOFTWARE have taken their time with the game transfer. MORE >>>> To sum it all up, Al-Strad is a mildly humourous game with 'Quill' type problems. A few of you may not like it because of it's sudden changes in locations and lateral, pun-type problems, But at `2 it's worth checking out. ________________________________________________________________ AVAILABLE FROM:- THE GUILD, 760 TYBURN ROAD, ERDINGTON. BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, B24 9NX. PRICE:- `2.00 (48K Tape), `4.00 (+3 Disk). Please make cheques and POs payable to GLENDA COLLINS ________________________________________________________________ SOFTOGRAPHY:- Paul Gill.... Has written several adventures for the Amstrad which include this game (Al-strad) and 'DIE YOU VICIOUS FISH'. It is hoped that the latter will be transfered soon by Pegasus (Tony Collins' programming team). *** --- ***