Game:

The Island (1983)

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Review

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Longplay / walkthrough and review of "The Island Of Dr Destructo" (aka "Destructo") on the Amstrad CPC!

This is a fantastic simple but hugely fun and addictive budget release - I'm sure many of you won't have come across before! Blast the enemy out of the sky and rain hell on the ships and fortresses below with the debris and blown-up carcasses of your destroyed enemy slowly causing the desctruction and their eventual sinking into the ocean depths!

For the cost of £1.99 you get an exremely addictive game that will keep you coming back again and again, although a simple concept and nothing much changes - however with the introduction of new and more crazy enemies and different structures to enjoy the 21 levels in total the game never gets boring - but certainly more frustrating due to sheer crazy numbers of enemies on screen at one time and the speed of it all! And you have got to love the day-night colour changing effects! Brilliant!!

*edit* Thanks to "PURES3X" and "lmimmfn69" for working out the arcade game this is based on, which is "Two Tigers"! I've uploaded a quick video of it here for comparison - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTdGAyo6TI0

Enjoy!

(c) 1987 Bulldog Software
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