Gilligan's Gold


by F. David Thorpe, Keith Burkhill, Ronald Rhodes, Bob Wakelin
Ocean Software Ltd
1984
Sinclair User Issue 33, Dec 1984   page(s) 46

NO PICNIC FOR BEARS

Memory: 48K
Price: £5.90

The most interesting thing about Gilligan's Gold from Ocean is the difference between the demonstration and what is actually possible. The game is set in a mine, and you control what looks like a pink teddy bear from marauding green bears as you collect gold.

The pink teddy in the demonstration had great fun digging out gold with a pick-axe and dashing up ladders and lifts to deposit his finds in a wheelbarrow. A favourite ruse is to drop a bag of gold down a mine shaft and onto an unsuspecting bear's head, causing him to collapse and see stars.

Sadly, our team found it near impossible to pick up the gold or pick-axe or to manoeuvre the wheelbarrow. We could not even make use of the pit bus, which would run down a bear as soon as look at one.

The speed and the attractive display show that it can be addictive.


Gilbert Factor: 6/10

Transcript by Chris Bourne

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