zip _ikari Commodore 64 game

Zip is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up set over the five brother worlds of Alpha Cen- tauri. Alien formations are shot in order to progress. Extra features such as lives, smart bombs and

Vertically scrol- ling shoot 'em ups are all too common on the 64, and there's really no excuse to produce one as awful as this. Zip is a wishy-washy, unprofessional version of Warhawk, with fewer, more frustrating levels, and less alien formations they're simply repeated over and over again. Graphically it's nothing special: the screen- glitch in the scrolling is amateur, and the sprites are very unimaginative. I can find nothing whatsoever to recom- mend it.

I find it annoying that some budget software com- panies still appear to be using their pricing policies to mitigate the production of games such as Zip. Screen glitches, terrible collision detection and blatantly plagiarised gameplay do not endear me to programs in the slightest. The programmer has used one or two raster tricks on the title screen, but obvi- ously forgot the technique when it came to the actual game, which exhibits a rather wobbly top border while the screen scrolls. The sprites and sound are particularly unim- aginative, and the numerous bugs knock any hint of gamep- lay on the head. Zip is simply rubbish.
extra speed are gained from shooting ground bases imprinted with letters corresponding to their effect.
PRESENTATION 24% Average on-screen display, poor title screen and a generally sloppy throughout.

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