 SHADOW SKIMMER 

 The Edge 198



 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

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 AIM : As Second Officer on an interstellar liner, it's your job to

 look after the exterior of the ship. This is normally pretty easy, since

 much of the task is usually done by robot survelliance craft. However,

 today the ship's main computer has broken down while you were out on

 the hull, as a result of which the ship's defences now think that your

 craft is a hostile intruder...



 GAMEPLAY : There are three sectors of the liner's hull to penetrate

 in each of which is a device that you must destroy in order to get to

 the next sector. Your craft is armed with powerful welding lasers which

 you can use to destroy hostile objects in your path. You also have three

 shields - the number remaining is shown at the top left of the screen.

 Shields are lost after several hits have been sustained.



  From time to time you'll need to enter the inner sections of the hull.

 To do this, you must hover over a hatchway and press fire to open the

 hatch and enter. You can also fly upside down by flipping your skimmer.

 When flipped, you will be slower, but able to get underneath structures

 which are otherwise impassable. The skimmer can only flip while clear of

 any deck obstruction.



 COMMENTS : 

 RATING : 62% (CRASH #39, April 1987)



 NOW : A very pretty and rather underrated shoot-em-up.

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 KEYS : Redefinable

