 COMBAT SCHOOL

 Ocean 1987

 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Cursor, Kempston

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 AIM : You are a raw recruit entering the US Marines' famed Combat

 School. Can you survive the gruelling tests of endurance and enter the

 Marine Corps?



 GAMEPLAY : Combat School is rather like a military version of Daley

 Thompson's Decathlon! There are seven different tests for you to

 undergo:

 

 1. ASSAULT COURSE - walls of different heights and an "arm walk". A

 meter at the bottom of the screen shows the muscular power you're

 generating.

 2. FIRING RANGE - hit at least 38 targets to qualify.

 3. "IRON MAN" RACE - run through rough country strewn with boulders,

 water hazards and bridges; then swim across a fast-flowing river full

 of logs.

 4. FIRING RANGE - hit 95 robot tanks to qualify.

 5. ARM WRESTLING - a man-to-man contest of bicep supremacy.

 6. FIRING RANGE - hit lots of targets and avoid hitting red ones.

 7. UNARMED COMBAT - take on your instructor!



  Failing any of these events (apart from number 5) means you have to

 do a physical penance - which means chin-ups! Once you have completed

 all the events, you must attempt a full mission, to rescue a hostage

 from an American embassy.



 COMMENTS : "A hugely addictive challenge of speed, strength and

 coordination that looks and sounds good too."

 RATING : 93% (CRASH #48, January 1988)



 NOW : Although it's a bit short, this is still a satisfying game.

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 KEYS : Redefinable             - Joystick controls

