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<INFO FORMAT: GRIDLOCK (C64), JAM! (SPECTRUM 48K) CREDITS: CHRIS STANLY & MEGASTYLE (C64), CLIVE TOWNSEND &TEKNAMIC (SPECTRUM) PRICE: GRIDLOCK TBC, JAM €1.99 (DIGITAL) /€9.90 (TAPE WITH GYPSY TAROT BONUS GAME) WEB: MEGASTYLE.ITCH.IO/ AND TEKNAMIC.ITCH.IO/JAM />

<BODY>   appeared as a mobile-phone game from Clive in 2003, and crams more than 40 levels into splits its 80 levels into 10 days loaded from disk, with multiple tunes and save points (initially every four levels, then every two levels as it gets harder). The aim is simple – move your vehicle out of the car park to the street on the right. But you can only move the cars blocking you either horizontally or vertically, depending on which way they are facing, as you race against the timer. Later levels add large limos and trucks that take up three squares, making for some tricky puzzling. ’s gorgeous Spectrum graphics impress, with a neat loading screen, and both versions have a clever cursor that changes shape to help you. The C64 version’s extra tunes, medals for completing levels, and storyline (a paramedic in training must get his ambulance out for a call) are additional neat additions. Puzzle fans will adore this – now who is going to tackle the Amstrad version? </BODY>

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