Reviews

One I had from back in the day and one of the very few Spectrum games I actually finished back then. This was a bit unique in that you were flying on something different in each of the four levels.

Level 1 is a helicopter, level 2 is a hot air balloon, level 3 is a jet plane and level 4 is a bi-plane. The game is played like a standard shmup except for the second level where you move the crosshair to the enemy to fire at them, pretty difficult because the balloon moves by itself (I think unless I'm missing something) and it makes it easy for you to be hit by enemy fire.

If only the second level wasn't as mindbogling and confusing compared to the rest of the game this would have been much better than it is. It's good and I've always had a soft spot for this game given I actually completed it as an 9-year old, but in hindsight 4 levels and that's it, it's a fairly short game but level 2 alone provides a challenge as it is a right pain of a level.

All in all a nice budget shooter.

And here is the Codemasters game randomly selected for me, and it's pretty much Super Stuntman but on the sky, hence its name. I feel it's a better game than Super Stuntman as at least I had a sense of control, that was until the second level where I could only control the crosshair rather than the hot air balloon. So while a better game than Super Stuntman it's still not a great title and I came off feeling disappointed with this game.