Page 29 - OSG Presents Classic Gamer Magazine #2

Flash Gordon

While not as bad as the 1980 film which inspired it,
Flash Gordon is still some pretty bland stuff. Fly your
ship through Spider City (which is a series of tunnels)
and rescue the spacemen who are missing.
This game was created in the vain of Defender.
Many similar elements are present, such as the side-
scrolling movement of your ship, almost identical ene-
mies, and rescuing people by hitting them with your
spaceship.
The only unique feature in the game is the map on
the lower half of the screen, which lets you know
where in the tunnel you are, as well as where the ene-
mies and missing spacemen are located. The difficult
part is trying to keep your eye on the map at the same
time you are trying to get through the tunnels. How-
ever, there isn’t any bad Queen music, which is a bo-
nus, naturally.

Overall Rating: C+
Halloween

Halloween was reviewed in our last issue as a game
“that goes bump in the night.” This is the game that
made parents nuts because of its “graphic nature.” I
suppose it was fairly gruesome for the time. Although,
the sight of blood gushing from the decapitated babysit-
ter’s neck is probably more hilarious than grotesque.
The idea is to play the role of a babysitter and pro-
tect the children in a two story dwelling from the homi-
cidal Michael Myers. Good ol’ Mike follows you around,
accompanied by his theme song (I gotta get me one of
those) while making stabbing motions with his knife.
It’s a colorful game with rich, vibrant, spurting reds
and lovely brown and olive shag carpeting. Impressive
music, too!

Overall Rating: B

Gremlins

Awww! How cute! A Gremlins game! Well, in name
anyway. It’s really just a bad Kaboom! clone with a bo-
nus round thrown in for good measure.
The object is to maneuver your man on the bottom of
the screen to catch the cute Gremlins falling from the
sky. If you miss one, the Gremlin will eat what appears
to be a hamburger (In case you didn’t know, you should
never feed a Gremlin after midnight). If he eats the
Whopper in question, he will turn into one of those bad
Gremlins who smoke cigars, make themselves at home,
and monopolize the television remote.
Once the level is cleared, you go to the next round
and try to destroy the bad Gremlins you just created.
Only if they included risqué photos of Phoebe Cates
would this game be worth it.

Overall Rating: D
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