APRIL FOOLS' by Sam Pedigo
APRIL FOOLS' by Sam Pedigo for Lambda 8300 16K with Lambda colour add-on
New game by Lambda user and regular contributor to the most prestigious retro competition of all time.
With this title, I suspect that this game is neither a space shooter nor an underwater arcade...
When the file is loaded, we will be greeted by the following text:
I fear the excellent participants in this challenge have noticed my dislike of badly framed text and are determined to make me nervous like the character in this film seeing a crooked picture:
Two hours of deep Qi Gong meditation later...
Turn on computer? Yes !!!
There is no question or decision to be made, but I see an input at the bottom that is anxious to receive something. I'm going to give him... The letter ‘W’ !
NIRWOBA ?
What is it? A secret code? Some obscure term in another language? Wait a minute... Could it be written backwards?
ABOWRIN ?
No idea what either word means. Luckily these days we have a thing called the internet. And then we have AI, backed by an army of the most powerful servers on the planet. This atomic combination will solve the problem and the mystery:
Perhaps the word reversed:
I see again an input at the bottom that is anxious to receive something. I'm going to give him... The letter ‘W’ !
So, now he gets angry ?
No matter what you enter, the result is always the same.
At this dead end, I cheat and look into the code. The correct answer is REVIEW (perhaps a nod to what I'm doing). Now let's get to the big ending of the game:
Yes, it is the same.
And... That's all, folks!
Final thought: I was fooled, as you would expect from a game with that name. But without any effort to make it fun, or to give it a minimal presentation that would make it attractive in its crapiness, which is sad for me.
Scrambled Smile: 1/10
Broccoli and Squid Yoghourt: 10/10
Deep Fried Ice Cream: 0/10
Strawberry Monosodium Glutamate: 0/10
Affable Hot Chocolate Sauce: 0/10
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