THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE GO BEAR GO! PUBLISHER It was on the cover of Sinclair User as part of Megatape 1. Does anybody know which issue that is? AUTHOR ODE, Oxford Digital Enterprises YEAR 1988 DESCRIPTION Go Bear Go is a version of Pengo, which takes place on a top-down screen where you have to push blocks into the nasties. It also contains a level editor. CONTROLS The keyboard controls are as follows:- Q - Up A - Down O - Left P - Right M - Push/break INSTRUCTIONS When the game has first loaded, you are presented with the game's loading screen. Press any key to access the menu. From here you have four options, selected by pressing 1 - 4. However, options 3 and 4 are probably useless since they load/save the game to tape which need not be done if playing on an emulator. The Game The game is accessed by selecting the first option from the menu. The objective of each level is to get the three white crates (marked with the letters SU for obvious reasons) into a line, whether horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Hindering you in this misson are the nasties which roam the warehouse, destroying random block. If they touch the bear then he will lose one of his lives. To push/destroy a crate, you must walk up to it and press Push/break at the same time as a direction in which you want to push. If there is a crate behind the one being pushed, then the crate being pushed will be destroyed. If there is no crate behind it, then the crate being pushed will slide across the map until it hits another crate or one of the baddies, in which case it will kill it. Once all three SU crates are in a line then you will go onto the next level. Be careful that the SU crates do not hit the edge of the screen otherwise you will not be able to push them away. The Level Editor The level editor is accessed by selecting number 2 from the main menu. As soon as you select it you are presented with the first level of the game. Your movement controls now control the flashing square. To change the level, simply move the square to what you want to change, and press the appropriate key, a list of which can be seen by pressing H for help. To move between the levels simply press J or K. When you quit the level editor, you will go back to the main menu. Selecting the game will allow you to play your new levels. CHEATS SEQUELS/PREQUELS There are probably many other versions of Pengo available on the Spectrum, but no names spring to mind. INLAY CARD TEXT SCORES RECEIVED N/A URL ftp.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/OS/snapshots/g/gobeargo.zip GENERAL FACTS There is only one other game to feature the (irritating :-)) SU icon Kamikaze Bear. This other game, called Bear a Grudge, is a version of Space Harrier. NOTES