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TARDIS Guide

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Released

January 1983

Written by

Jeremy Ruston

Publisher

BBC Software

Synopsis

The Fifth Doctor makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games: Pac-Man, Frogger, Space Invaders and Battleship.

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This is just a collection a four ripped of games with a kind of Doctor Who skin :

- The first is a sort of poor Pacman, and is clearly the worst (mostly because of the high difficulty). The "Maggot's" RNG can make the level impossible, especially at the end when they run faster than the four pixels representing the Doctor, and the extra large hitboxes don't help.

- The second is a Frogger, but with sprites that hurt the eyes. The art design is terrible and can make it difficult to read the sprites emplacements. It's the only real challenge.

- The third remind Space Invaders. It can be tough, but with some training it's okay. It's just that : okay.

- The four is a 3D "Battleships". It is difficult to understand it at first (because of the 3x3x3 cube reduced to a 2d pattern). But when you start to understand, it is actually fun ! The best game by far even if the controls and the grid make it a bit harsh.

Apart from the title screen, two apparitions of the TARDIS and the minimalist scenario (which is just an excuse for the levels), "Doctor Who: The first Adventure" have nothing to do with Doctor Who. And as the games have better versions elsewhere (apart maybe the fourth ?), I can't recommend it. But it remain nevertheless an interesting curiosity of Doctor Who history. Also the game isn't helped by the fact that the best level is hidden behind the three first (especially the atrocious first one)

(As English is not my first language, I apologize for the probable grammar mistakes in this review)


Insanely difficult and only the screen between levels can really tell you its even supposed to be doctor who themed but I like a challenge and I got to here to doctor who theme in 8 bit so


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