 ASTERIX AND THE MAGIC CAULDRON

 Melbourne House 1986



 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston

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 AIM : Gaul is divided into three parts... No, four, for one small

 Gaulish village in Armorica still holds out against the invaders.

 Fortified by their magic potion, they still successfully resist the

 Romans. However, the magic cauldron the potion is brewed in has been

 accidentally shattered into seven pieces which our heroes Asterix

 and Obelix must recover...



 GAMEPLAY : Basically a matter of exploring thoroughly in order to

 find the cauldron pieces. Obelix will follow Asterix anywhere, but

 he must be kept nourished with his favourite food: wild boar. Asterix

 has five roast boars with him (how does he carry them??) and one

 disappears each time Asterix and Obelix get hungry.



  When they are all gone, Asterix has to find and fight a boar - the

 fight sequences take place in windows that zoom out of the main

 screen. Stamina bars for each combatant appear on the side of the

 window. Defeating the boar adds it to the food tally. If Asterix

 loses the fight he is kicked out of the window and he loses a life.

 The same system is used when fighting the Roman soldiers and when

 Asterix picks up useful objects along the way.



  Asterix starts with five lives and a single phial of magic potion,

 which can only be used once when you are in extreme trouble. The

 pieces of the cauldron are shown at the top of the screen when they

 have been collected. Keys can also be picked up to get you into

 previously unexplored areas.



 COMMENTS : "A great disappointment."

 RATING : 61% (CRASH #34, November 1984)



 NOW : A prettily presented but buggy and frustrating game.

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 KEYS : Up	-  Q

	Down	-  Z

	Left	-  I

	Right	-  P

	Fire	-  SPACE