No prizes for guessing that this game was released in the wake of the Falklands conflict, as at the time, the word "yomp" gained some prominence. Here you play a group of paratroopers who have to first cross a tremendously busy road, one a time in true "Frogger" style. Secondly you have to get as many as possible through a minefield where upon succeeding, they will each be handed a Victoria Cross medal.
So, it's basically "Horace Goes Skiing" but with the skiing replaced with the minefield sub-game. This one is nowhere near as good as the Horace game though. Firstly, the road crossing bit is so extremely difficult even on the easiest level that it's bound to put many players off. Finally after you do get enough men across the road to form a "Radar team", getting them across the minefield is outrageously easy, since a map revealing the position of each mine is shown at the bottom right of the screen. So simply don't walk on the mines and you are home and dry! I don't think I've ever seen a more unbalanced game, difficulty wise.
Graphics are passable and sound is arcadey. Not bad for a BASIC game, but overall the playability just isn't right. Should have been "fine tuned" more before release IMHO.
Review by YOR on 16 Nov 2017 (Rating: 1)
It's like Horace Goes Skiing except it's got mines instead of skis and it's shite. You have to get three men across the road but I don't think it's possible to get one man across. You can't move down with I suppose fits for Frogger but it doesn't fit here. This is just appalling and it's most likely worse than A'n'F's Frogger that I looked at recently and gave a 1, it's that bad.
