Alien Destroyer
As some of you, ZX-nerds know, that EVERYTHING is NOT good with the ZX. Actually, some of the crappiest games ever made came from the ZX (almost). Someone actually sat down and programmed a piece of shit, and actually wanted people to spend their hard-earned cash on it. Even games which were on the brink of being NOT PLAYABLE... the kind of games you might play in a eternity somewhere in hell with Charlie Manson. Nonetheless, it was made by Kuma Computers and published by Sinclair Research Ltd in 1984 (Sounds pretty high-tech and cool right?). I´m pretty surprised that Sinclair actually gave this game the green-lights, but what the hell!. What we have here is (a kind of) attempt at doing a space-invaders/Galaga inspired shoot 'em up game. And the attempt? Not worth anyone's bloody time!
Ok, so here it is. A spaceship at the very bottom, stars in the background, and with the 5 rows of different coloured aliens on top. The goal is then to shoot the bloody bastards to kingdom-come (Space Invaders) As you progress through the various levels, the aliens will get more and more aggressive by flying down to get you (like in Galaga). The very first level you are dealing with, the laidback aliens don't do a thing... they are completely helpless! They don´t shoot or rush down towards you, mindless genocide it is!!. After the first level they, of course, attack the idiot who started the bloody war (YOU!), they will rush down towards you while shooting. Only the storming ones will shoot, not the ones at the top waiting to attack you. The animation is awful, every time the alien moves they are blinking like a slow-blinking stroboscope light! and your laser-cannon is just a white, boring and straight line. If they at least could have done something with the blinking bloody aliens, then maybe it would NOT be too painful to play!
But it is here and you cannot escape it. It´s on your ZX Vega, internally and eternal pre-loaded/programmed! It´s on Youtube, and for FREE download via World Of Spectrum. The only one good thing I can say about this game is the cassette inlay which actually looks great! But that´s it! Invite your friends over, have TONS of beer and have a go at it. Being drunk while playing this shitty game could be ... COULD BE .. fun?
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