Schizoids for the Sinclair Spectrum

Schizoids

Year of Release

1983

The Advertising Blurb

It's my own fault, I even volunteered. I thought that with the space-dozer and its shovel and sky hook it would be easy shifting the galaxy's rubbish. Childs play. HUH! They warned me of the weird packaging, the trays, the rods, and all the rest.

But they didn't say I'd have to stop and control not just one but two or even more garbage pods. Then prod them, push them, toward that black hole, and oh, it's so very, very black, so lonely, so empty.

Panic, mustn't panic, but they won't stop, twirling and spinning and turning, always turning, towards me, against me, at me. And I'm alone.

No way out, nowhere to hide, on my own, my own.. own...

SCHIZOIDS: NOT JUST A GAME, BUT A STATE OF MIND.

SCHIZOIDS features real-time animated 3d grphics for a breathtaking visual experience, plus sound and all those arcade features you'd expect from IMAGINE.

Compatibility

All Spectrums

Original Price

£5.50

Worth now (confirmed sale)?

£3 Facebook January 2024

Comments

Your Spectrum No 4 Strangled Turkey Award for 1983.

Controls

See instructions

Review:

The only reasonable part of this game is the scoring method. You score points simply for the length of time you can put up with playing this piece of trash. It is possible to start it, go away for a cup of tea and come back to find you have a new high score (if you were away long enough).

The instructions claim you can push the super smooth 3D animated shapes into the black hole or drag them in with your tail hook but you do not score any points for this and most times your spaceship simply explodes for no reason (apart from lousy coding). You are more likely to die whilst playing than when not even in the same room!

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