Game:

Highway Encounter (1985)

Category:

Review

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INTRODUCTION (From the manual):
THE ALIENS have invaded earth. There's only one road left to travel, before they reach their final goal - total world domination. Your mission, to halt their advance. And ultimately destroy their alien stronghold, 'Zone Zero'. Under your control are five Vortons. And the 'Lasertron' - the world's most advanced weapon system, which must be taken to Zone Zero to complete your mission.

Fail. And face the deadly consequences as the future of earth rests in your hands.

So prepare yourself for battle... Prepare yourself for the Highway Encounter.

REVIEW:
You control a Vorton droid and you have to clear 30 zones on a highway, to make way for the Lasertron - the world's most advanced weapon system, so it can destroy the alien spaceship.

You are one out of five Vorton droids, which means that you have five lives to use under your mission. Some enemies can be shot and destroyed while you have to block the way for others. You have to secure the highway so the other Vorton droids and the Lasertron can go there without being attacked and destroyed by the enemies.

The other Vorton droids and the Lasertron will always be in the middle of the highway, so enemies that can not be shot and destroyed, have to be blocked so they are kept in the side of the highway. You can find obstacles you can push and use to block those enemies.

A very good and entertaining isometric game with good controls and fine graphics. For a game from 1985 this is very impressive.

The group FFC Computers has added AY music in this version.

The game was published by Vortex Software in 1985.

Rating:
Original 48k version: 90%
Unofficial 128k version: 93%

48k tape: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/h/HighwayEncounter.tap.zip
128k tape: http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/TRDosReCracks.php#
128k Beta Disk / TR-dos: https://vtrd.in/gamez/h/HIGH_128.ZIP