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ASTERIX AND THE MAGIC CAULDRON
Melbourne House 1986
CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston
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AIM : Gaul is divided into three parts... No, four, for one small
Gaulish village in Armorica still holds out against the invaders.
Fortified by their magic potion, they still successfully resist the
Romans. However, the magic cauldron the potion is brewed in has been
accidentally shattered into seven pieces which our heroes Asterix
and Obelix must recover...
GAMEPLAY : Basically a matter of exploring thoroughly in order to
find the cauldron pieces. Obelix will follow Asterix anywhere, but
he must be kept nourished with his favourite food: wild boar. Asterix
has five roast boars with him (how does he carry them??) and one
disappears each time Asterix and Obelix get hungry.
When they are all gone, Asterix has to find and fight a boar - the
fight sequences take place in windows that zoom out of the main
screen. Stamina bars for each combatant appear on the side of the
window. Defeating the boar adds it to the food tally. If Asterix
loses the fight he is kicked out of the window and he loses a life.
The same system is used when fighting the Roman soldiers and when
Asterix picks up useful objects along the way.
Asterix starts with five lives and a single phial of magic potion,
which can only be used once when you are in extreme trouble. The
pieces of the cauldron are shown at the top of the screen when they
have been collected. Keys can also be picked up to get you into
previously unexplored areas.
COMMENTS : "A great disappointment."
RATING : 61% (CRASH #34, November 1984)
NOW : A prettily presented but buggy and frustrating game.
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KEYS : Up - Q
Down - Z
Left - I
Right - P
Fire - SPACE