Encounter At L-5 (Data Age)
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My opinions on Data Age have changed somewhat as my collection has expanded, it seems that I got off on the wrong foot with this particular company since I have found several games from them that I can actually glean some form of enjoyment from. Out of their eight released games I actually enjoy four of them, those being Frankenstein’s Monster, Bermuda Triangle, Journey: Escape, and Encounter at L-5. Of those four I have only reviewed one, so it seems to be around the right time to review one more, so let’s review… Uh… Encounter At L-5, sure why not. I’ll admit that there isn’t too much to this game, it almost seems like a rehash of BUGS except they actually put some time and effort into it. Your one objective in this game is to shoot as many aliens as possible before you are destroyed. The method by which you control the game is rather unique since this is a paddle game, and if you ask me it’s utilized well. You’ll notice that when you move the paddle left and right a green square at the top of the screen moves along with you, this indicates the location of your ship and where it is currently aiming, until you press the button though your ship is invisible and thereby immune to enemy fire. When you hold down the button your ship will appear and begin firing, now if you move the paddle the trajectory of your shots will follow the green square at the top of the screen. Enemies are constantly descending from the top of the screen, and actually scale rather well to give an indication of distance, the easy game modes don’t have the enemies firing at you very quickly but later modes will pose more of a challenge. Since the descending ships don’t pose much of a threat in the earlier difficulties there are special ships that will show up every so often and begin flying in a jittery line towards your gun whilst firing constantly, if they reach the ground you will lose a life so you better get them before they get you. This is a fun game to just relax to; even just playing on the start screen is just fun to chill to. This game may be light on the graphics, sound, and gameplay, but it isn’t light on the fun. This is a fairly cheap game with copies going as low as 5$ free shipping on Ebay, boxed copies are a bit scarce and a bit pricey so I would avoid going after one of those. No Collector’s Zone today, let it pass.
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