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I've always thought
that Firebird were a little on the stupid side,
and releasing a game as dire as Galaxibirds
confirms this. The programmers must be congratulated
on a superb p' take of the whole shoot em up genre.
You really haven't lived until you've played Galaxibirds
-- the game they couldn't stop! It's so absurd
it's almost worth two quid.
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Zap, zap, zappity,
zap. Galaxibirds
has just got to be one mega p' take. I mean, it
all seems so simple and normal (!) to begin with,
but when such things as Bounder
balls, angels, and mutant parrots start coming
down from the lofty heights, then the game takes
a humourous turn for the better. The graphics
are naff, the sound is as about exciting as wet
weekend, but at two quid it's a must for ageing
blast em up freaks.
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Welcome
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average or diabolically bad, it really doesn't matter!
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Galax-i-Birds
1986 Firebird
Programmed
by Chris Yates
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Most
text of the present article comes from the review published
in the seventeenth issue of the British C64 magazine ZZAP!64
(street date: July 21st, 1986). |
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GALAXIBIRDS
(THE GAME THEY COULDN'T STOP)
Firebird,
£1.99 cass, joystick
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Goodness gracious and lawks alordy! The most evil nasties
you ever did see have invaded the world and are making
it a fun place to live. The now-redundant politicians
are a mite peeved, not because they've been ousted from
their governing positions, but because they're all too
old to take part in the fun and games organised by the
fun loving aliens. So, off they all went to hire a space
pilot capable of destroying the aliens, and you just
happened to fit the bill perfectly.
The
politicians' club fund enabled them to purchase a Soopakomplex
Oneshotatatime Mark III Spacecraft to destroy the evil
do-gooders. It's incapable of forward motion, but very
agile at moving left and right.
Your
spaceship appears at the bottom of me screen, and using
your skill and judgement you must blast the aliens as
they whizz down from the top of the screen. They're
fairly annoyed by your intrusion into their fun end
games, so they try to fly into you in a kamikaze attempt
to destroy your ship. Fortunately, you can move left
or right to prevent contact.
There
is a number of different races of aliens, and each race
attacks in a set formation. Destroy all the aliens in
an attack and the next lot duly take their turn in attempting
to blow you up. However, the aliens don't really look
like aliens -- they have transformed themselves into
more traditional Earthly forms, so we don't have to
endure their horrible scaly appearance. Consequently,
it becomes quite comical when your ship is attacked
by a load of Dodos.
Other
types of nasties include 'Ackin' International Karate
Maties, Killer 'Bounder' Balls, Culture Vultures, Swans,
Budgies and Asteroids. There's also a special guest
appearance by Squawk the Parrot and friends.
Once
every sort of alien has been disposed of, the first
batch return, but this time they're doubly peeved and
move about at twice their original speed.
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To
be honest, this game is a load of rubbish, but
it's very enjoyable rubbish and great fun to play.
There are plenty of jokes within the program,
both in the scrolling message on the title screen
and in the game itself. The scenario is one which
has been seen a million times before and the gameplay
is out of the ark. Graphics are poor, sound is
awful, but I love it. Go out and give it a go,
for only two quid it almost seems worth buying.
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Presentation
82%
Two player option, and nice title screen with
humourous scrolling message and hi-score table.
Graphics
54%
Good sprites, but little else.
Sound
49%
A silly tune burbles away during
the game, and the spot FX suit the game well.
Hookability
73%
You've just got to see all ten
levels.
Lastability
50%
It's a hard game, but very repetitive.
Value
For Money 68%
Two quid isn't really asking too
much.
Overall
60%
Unoriginal, naff and silly. Buy
it for a laugh.
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Htmlized
by Dimitris
Kiminas (12 Oct 2007)
Only the first of the above screenshots existed in the
original review.
Can
anybody rip the SID tune out of this one?
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