Reviews

1988 Martech (UK)
by Jason Austin and Dave Dew

I bought this in a 4 game package, which included, amongst others an awful Charlie Chaplin game (can't remember it's name now) which I firstly played, never to touch it again. The next in line games were awful too, so I wasn't expecting much from 'The Fury' .
But let me tell you: what a game!
This was one of the few games I played in a phase where I only used the Speccy to programm (I may add I was completely obsessed with programming then).
The game is very addictive, very competitive, fantastic. You probably wont be impressed with the graphics or the playing area, but dont mind that, simply try it out, give yourself some time to get use to it and if you love this sort of games you will undertand what I mean.

A futuristic race game. You must drive your car through the inner surface of a ring-shaped circuit, taking care not to be hit or shot at by rival drivers. With each victory you earn credits which can be spent on power-ups or even better cars.

The game is somewhat let down by its graphics - cars are small and not very detailed; explosions look drab; the playing are is rather limited. It does however convey a good impression of speed and smoothness of movement, which makes up for that.

Quite a nice racing game that I got in the 4 Most Thrillers compilation from Alternative Software. This used to freak me out as a kid because of the chance that "your life was lost", there was always something about this game I enjoyed despite the fact that you're just driving on a straight line without any routes, maybe it was because you can kill the other drivers, especially later on when you get to use weapons. Good fun and worth trying out if you haven't already.

It looks like a fun game and all and I see why it is popular with other users, but I can't help but feeling I'm missing something with this and I'm lacking the same charm compared to others. In all honesty it doesn't look too great and the gameplay is a bit complicated as overtaking is a matter of luck as its much easier to hit the other cars and waste your shield. I hoped that using weapons would add to the game, but it doesn't. It's not a bad game but it can be enjoyable to a degree but it wasn't as good as I'd hoped.