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- Asterix and the magic cauldron -  
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Asterix and Obelix are two
comic book heroes and in case you don't know who they are here's a little
explanation. At a time when the Roman army had conquered all but entire
Europe there is a small village in Gaul that has stood against them and
won. The village is capable of doing this because their druid is able to
make a magic potion that gives them superstrength. Asterix is the smartest
of the lot and his friend Obelix, who fell in the magic elixir when he was
young, the strongest of them all. In this game Asterix and Obelix will have
to find the pieces of the cauldron used to make the elixir as it has been
broken and scattered among the forest they live in. But you'll have to keep
Obelix happy by giving him food once in a while and the Romans running around
won't help either.
You start the game in the village and you will control Asterix and walk
around looking for the missing pieces. Walking to the edge of the screen
will move you to the next spot location and if there is anything interesting
you will see it as it will stand out from the background so you can pick
it up. Also running around are wild boars which you can kill for food and
Roman centurions who would love to take a poke at you. The food is important
to keep Obelix happy although it's not entirely clear to me what the use
is as he doesn't really do anything except follow you. Whenever you go into
combat with a boar or a soldier the screen will show a closeup of you and
your enemy and you can fight it out on that screen. Both your and the opponents
health is displayed and when the first to lose all energy is the loser.
Asterix ofcourse has an ace up his sleeve and if he drinks his magic potion
he will be invincible for a short amount of time but you must do this before
a fight starts and he has al limited supply so use it carefully. You'll
have to explore and fight until you find all the pieces of the cauldron
and the village will once again be safe.
There have been plenty of games released starring Asterix and Obelix and
most of them have a mainly action based affair. This game is really no different
as the collecting of items is no more than walking around and finding the
correct screen on which they are, the locations of which can change by the
way. However the fighting sequences are a bit of a letdown as they involve
very little skill and rely a lot on luck. There is only one punch attack
and the range is very small so most of the time you will be hit by an enemy
and it's a simple matter of who has the most energy. The game doesn't really
stand out in any way so unless you are a total fan of the series I don't
think you will get much out of it.
Overal rating: 6/10
Erde Kaiser
Asterix and the magic cauldron was released for three different systems here are some notes:
| Amstrad
CPC |
Released
in 1985.
Much like the C64 version but it's a bit slower. |
| C64 |
Released
in 1985.
I believe this is the original version and has the best controls. |
| ZX
Spectrum |
Released
in 1985.
The background graphics are very colorfull but the characters and
items are drawn in black only making it hard to see them at times. |
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Date added |
Jan-13-2006 22:27 |
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Asterix and the magic cauldron |
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Developer |
Beam software
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Publisher |
Melbourne house
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First released |
1985 |
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Genre |
Action
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Download |
Amstrad CPC, filesize: 30 Kb
Commodore 64, filesize: 49 Kb
ZX Spectrum, filesize: 30 Kb
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Manual |
No manual available
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Solve / Docs |
No solve available
No extra docs available |
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