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- Review: Midi Maze II
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- Midi Maze I was a multi-player game where you could connect
- STs together and battle it out with each other. There were
- no power-ups, no extras - the entire concept was very
- simple. Just shoot when you see your opponent.
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- Now, Midi Maze II is available. This makes it possible for
- up to 16 STs to be linked together and there are plenty of
- power-ups to be bought and loads of mazes to play on.
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- For those of you who've never played the original Midi Maze,
- I'll tell you what you have to do..... Each person is a big
- smiley face of a different colour. The aim is to go around
- one of several mazes and shoot each other until one of you
- scores one hunred money points. This is when the game is
- over. If more than two STs are linked, then you can play in
- teams; if sixteen STs are linked then there could be eight
- teams of two players. In version two, there are loads of
- power-ups to be bought which can be anything from a map to
- invisibility; the better the power-up, the more expensive it
- is.
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- The game works in monochrome as well, using dithered
- patterns instead of colours to identify opponents, and it's
- just as playable. What this means is that nobody is left out
- in the cold....
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- All the mazes you play on give a fast response to the
- joystick, except one. This maze is called the Mega Maze and
- as it is so big, it uses a lot of CPU power for the computer
- to find out where you and your opponents are. Of course, the
- more STs connected together, the slower the response - but
- not by much!
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- Midi Maze II is a very playable and addictive game. A
- brilliant soundtrack is played at the beginning of the game
- to liven things up, and the graphicsare pretty good in
- colour and monochrome.
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- Providing you know someone with an ST then you should get
- this game now. You'll be on it for months, I can guarantee.
- Perhaps the next one will have modem support - then we'll
- make BT even bigger profits than they already have!!
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- From: Dynamic PDL/Most good PDLs
- Contact: (0983) 867377
- Price: Free with own disk and SAE or £1.00
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- The Uppers.....
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- * Very playable and very addictive
- * Lots of power-ups to choose from
- * It beats playing against the computer
- * It's free and it's fun!
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- and the Downers
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- * Things can slow down a bit sometimes
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- Overall: 94% * Silver Star Award *
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