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Ritchardo mkII: /* Ratings */

2010-05-05T12:02:37Z

‎Ratings

Ritchardo mkII at 20:23, 4 May 2010

2010-05-04T20:23:13Z

Ritchardo mkII at 20:21, 4 May 2010

2010-05-04T20:21:53Z

Ritchardo mkII: Created page with '{| align="right" valign="top" |{{Infobox Game |Image = Titlescreen of the game |Developer = Walking Circles |Publisher = …'

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Created page with '{| align="right" valign="top" |{{Infobox Game |Image = Titlescreen of the game |Developer = Walking Circles |Publisher = …'

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{| align="right" valign="top"
|{{Infobox Game
|Image = [[Image:Living_Daylights_Title.png‎|center|300px|Titlescreen of the game]]
|Developer = [[Walking Circles]]
|Publisher = [[Domark]]
|Musician = [[David Whittaker]]
|Release = [[:Category:Games 1989|1989]]
|Platform = [[Amstrad CPC|CPC]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari Lynx]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
|Genre = Racing (Overhead)
|GameModes = 1 Player
|Controls = {{Keyboard}} {{Joystick}}
|Media = {{Disk}} {{Tape}}
|Language = {{EN}}
|Info =
}}
|}

Domark's second bite at the James Bond cherry, 'The Living Daylights' is very loosely based on the events of the movie of the same name.

== Description ==

After Bond helps Russian officer Georgi Koskov make a daring defection to the West, the intelligence community is shocked when Koskov is abducted from his remote hiding place. Bond leaps into action, following a trail that leads to the gorgeous Kara, who plays Bond as easily as she plays her Stradivari cello. As they unravel a complex weapons scheme with global implications, they are forced into hair-raising chases, a riveting jailbreak and an epic battle in the Afghanistan desert with tanks, airplanes and a legion of freedom fighters on horseback.

The game takes place over eight levels, each depicting different scenes and locations from the movie.

== Ratings ==

Although felt to be an improvement on the previous James Bond game and certainly enjoyed by [[Amstrad Action]] reviewer [[Bob Wade]], he critcised the fact that it was impossible to avoid the attacks of some enemies and that this is undermined the element of skill required to play the game. This was echoed in the second opinion for the game which felt that "Control can be frustrating, spoiling the otherwise lovely animation of Bond."

[[Computing with the Amstrad]] felt that "more variety could have made it a very good game. As it is, it's a lot better than expected, certainly good graphically but only averagely playable.

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== Solution ==

None

== Cheats ==
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php?title=APB&action=submit
None

== Screenshots ==

<gallery>
Image:Living_Daylights_1.png | In-game 1
Image:Living_Daylights_2.png | In-game 2
Image:Living_Daylights_3.png | In-game 3
</gallery>

== Videos ==

None

== Weblinks ==

* {{WikipediaEN|A.P.B._(arcade_game)|Link to Wikipedia}}
* {{CpcPower|131|Link to CPC-Power.com}}
* {{Tacgr|146|Link to Tacgr}}
* {{WorldOfSpectrum|0000220|Link to World of Spectrum}}
* {{Lemon64|91|Link to Lemon64}}
*[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/a/index5.htmll Link to CPC Game Reviews]

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 Image:APB_1.png | In-game 1
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 |{{Infobox Game
-|Image = [[Image:Living_Daylights_Title.png‎|center|300px|Titlescreen of the game]]
+|Image = [[Image:APB_Cover.jpg‎|center|300px|Cover Scan]]
 |Developer = [[Walking Circles]]
 |Publisher = [[Domark]]
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-Domark's second bite at the James Bond cherry, 'The Living Daylights' is very loosely based on the events of the movie of the same name.
+A conversion of the hit 1987 arcade coin-op, APB is a fast and fun precursor of the Grand Theft Auto series - the major difference being that you are on the side of the law.
 == Description ==
-After Bond helps Russian officer Georgi Koskov make a daring defection to the West, the intelligence community is shocked when Koskov is abducted from his remote hiding place. Bond leaps into action, following a trail that leads to the gorgeous Kara, who plays Bond as easily as she plays her Stradivari cello. As they unravel a complex weapons scheme with global implications, they are forced into hair-raising chases, a riveting jailbreak and an epic battle in the Afghanistan desert with tanks, airplanes and a legion of freedom fighters on horseback.
+APB - All Points Bulletin. Put your foot on the gas and let rip as you roar through the streets of the city in a series of hilarious and wild car chases.
-The game takes place over eight levels, each depicting different scenes and locations from the movie.
+You play the role of Officer Bob, a tough Cop in this challenging cartoon-style game, whose job is to patrol the streets of the city and apprehend various
 == Ratings ==
-Although felt to be an improvement on the previous James Bond game and certainly enjoyed by [[Amstrad Action]] reviewer [[Bob Wade]], he critcised the fact that it was impossible to avoid the attacks of some enemies and that this is undermined the element of skill required to play the game.  This was echoed in the second opinion for the game which felt that "Control can be frustrating, spoiling the otherwise lovely animation of Bond."
+The multi-load aspect of the tape version of APB brought the game in for a bit of an [[Amstrad Action]] pasting!  Reviewer [[Trenton Webb]] felt that "On tape this non-sequential game is ponderous and irksome.  To make matters worse even the "pretties" - the beatings up - require a rewind and search before you can play on... on disk, APB is both playable and amusing.  On tape the novelty soon wears off."
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 == Solution ==
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 == Cheats ==
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 <gallery>
-Image:Living_Daylights_1.png | In-game 1
+Image:APB_title.png | Title Screen
-Image:Living_Daylights_2.png | In-game 2
+Image:APB_1.png | In-game 1
-Image:Living_Daylights_3.png | In-game 3
 </gallery>