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CONVERSION CAPERS

AMSTRAD CPC

◼ The active screen area is tiny (just 208x128 pixels), which can make dodging missiles tricky, but this is otherwise a first-class conversion. It’s nice and fast, which helps, plus it’s plenty colourful. The absence of in-game music is a shame.

ZX SPECTRUM

◼ Similar to the CPC version, only the graphics are limited to two colours. It’s fast and responsive though, and overall it’s the best you could hope for on the Speccy. The preferred disk version has more

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