Kane (video game)

It was ported to the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 16 and Plus/4.

The game is set in the Wild West, and its name is a reference to the main character of the film High Noon.

Scene 1: The player controls a target and must shoot birds with a bow and arrow in order to trade with the Indians.

After the limit is reached or the quiver is empty, the player proceeds to the next scene, provided he has killed enough birds to trade for at least one 'peace token'.

The number of birds required for a token depends on the difficulty level, beginning with three.

Scene 2: The player is on horseback and must ride to the town of Kane in a set time limit.

[1] In direct contrast, their review of the C16 version in the Zzap!C16 supplement, the background graphics are praised but they claim "the movement of the main sprite leaves a little to be desired" giving an overall score of 48%.

Your Sinclair was particularly critical, giving a score of only 3/10, complaining of the "luridly coloured" background graphics and the "dreadfully repetitive" gameplay.

[4] Graham Taylor of Sinclair User could find only the character animation worthy of praise saying "the rest stinks", giving a score of 2/5.

[5] Crash gave a slightly higher score of 54% but were still mostly dismissive and did not recommend the game, claiming it was inferior to the original: "Mastertronic seem to have taken their time translating this to the Spectrum - and to be honest they shouldn't have bothered".

[6] Jon Revis of Electron User was also unimpressed with the Acorn version, criticising the unresponsive controls and especially the fact that scenes 2 and 4, as described in the inlay, are missing from the game: "It's a pity the programmer didn't read [the inlay].

The game may only cost £1.99 but I can't help feeling Mastertronic will receive a few letters of complaint about this one".

Zzap!64 gave a score of 33% and said "it's not abysmal, it's just that it doesn't really approach the standards required of a good budget program these days.

Scene 1 on the Commodore 64
Scene 4 on the ZX Spectrum