PROFESSOREITOR by Namekop
PROFESSOREITOR by Namekop for ZX Spectrum +3
At school, the teacher was our number one enemy. If he made a mistake, we all laughed. If they were off sick with flu, we celebrated. If he made a mistake, we ridiculed him. We looked for any flaw in his clothing, appearance or way of expressing himself that could be turned into a joke. In the war against the person entrusted by society with transmitting the knowledge treasured by humanity for thousands of years, anything went. In short, we students were the teachers' nightmare.
All of this was captured in the violent 1982 film:
If we found ourselves in that situation now, I doubt we would want to emulate Gandhi. Instead, we would probably aspire to be more like this other character.
After that film, the suffix -ator became a power booster for anything.
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Allow me to translate it into modern-day Latin:
"You are the most feared teacher in the school. But the students don't know that yet. Today you are going to show them why they have nicknamed you... Professoreitor.
The students who blink are the ones who are misbehaving in class. The faster you throw the chalk, the more points you will earn."
Please send those restless pupils to my class...
There's a blackboard, a teacher (me), 15 rude little kids, a game score, a current record indicator and a list of the four best scores. Everything is perfectly organised, thank you!
As soon as one of the students starts blinking, we throw the corresponding piece of chalk at them, of which Professoreitor has an infinite supply, thank goodness.
Take that!
You have five attempts to demonstrate your reflexes and knowledge of the location of the keys. After that, you will receive your score, see your position on the leaderboard, and be invited to start a new game.
This is more than just a game of revenge; it's an open invitation for you and three friends to compete to see who can whack annoying kids the fastest. It's our first game for four players! Amazing!
While there is a lot to like about this game, what captivated me was the simple yet effective animation of the teacher writing on the blackboard. It's only two frames, but it's perfect. Huge smile here.
There's no doubt that this game could have been the star of any of the best 80s magazines' monthly type-ins. I can imagine the text on the cover:
EXCLUSIVE!
"Professoreitor" - The Game They’ll Never Forget!
You’ve earned the reputation... now it's time to make it stick!
Get ready to step into the shoes of the most feared teacher in the school with
Professoreitor - the chalk-throwing, student-scaring, classroom domination game!
After collecting and returning all the bloodstained chalk to the blackboard: It's a perfectly solid game. We could ask for a little more colour, it's the best palette of the 80s, you have to use it! But its playability and entertainment value are not affected in the slightest. The simplicity of the graphics is admirable; with very little, it manages to transport us to a classroom that becomes real in our minds. My congratulations for that. It is written in BASIC, but so well done that it is practically a commercial game from the early days of the Spectrum.
Scrambled Smile: 9/10
Broccoli and Squid Yoghourt: 1/10
Deep Fried Ice Cream: 8/10
Strawberry Monosodium Glutamate: 8/10
Affable Hot Chocolate Sauce: 8/10
P.S.: I have to tell you about this. I had that teacher. Big guy. Calm. He never raised his voice. When a student misbehaved, he would throw a piece of chalk at them without warning, with enormous power and accuracy, often resulting in the student ending up in the infirmary. Nobody ever complained. Yes, times have changed.
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