CD32 game review: Diggers/Oscar <by JK and AB>
Alan Buxey
Text by Jukka O. Kauppinen (Finland) and Alan Buxey (England)
Diggers/Oscar RRP: 29.99
Commodore CD32 disk (Millenium/Flair)
Jukka
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These games come with CD32. Diggers is interesting and
good looking/sounding game of gem digging and strategy
while Oscar is basic platformer.
Oscar looks great. It uses lots of copper-colours at
background, and has very beautiful fore/background
graphics. But gameplay sucks. There's nothing that
keeps you playing and coming back time after time.
Diggers is quite good, while Oscar fails.
Alan
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Diggers was hyped up by the press to be THE puzzle game
1993, but for me is simply does not cut the mustard (as
the expresion goes). The graphics are nice (AGA) and
the mellow sounds from the CD make for an interesting
atmosphere but the shallow (and VERY slow) gameplay
just trash the game.
Oscar is far too colourful for its own good the baddies
are hard to see but the sound IS good and a generous
amount of continues are given for a platformer. The first
of its genre for the CD32. The game had a nice idea, but
the execution of this idea failed miserably.
All I can say is thank god this Disc came with the CD32
I wouldn't like to have bought it - there again, it gives
bad impressions of CD32 capabilities..
RATINGS (Diggers/Oscar)
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Jukka Alan
GFX: ****/**** ****/***(too many)
Sound: ****/*** ****/****
Playability: ***/*** ***/**
Lastability: ***/* **/*
Overall: ****/** ***/**
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