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Randamn is a shoot-em-up game that takes place on seven different worlds. It is unique in its method of choosing opponents to challenge you. On each of the worlds-The Graveyard, Under seas, the Swamp, Snow, Stonehenge, and Hades-there are seven stages to the battle. A slot machine chooses your opponent-one for stage one, two for stage two, etc. Thus, opponents may all be different or the same. It is just a matter of luck. Each opponent has different characteristics. Some are more deadly than others and some take many hits to destroy. The first scene the Graveyard-confronts you with ghouls, pumpkins, ghosts, bats, and others. The second level the Under seas world-confronts you with submarines, depth-charge-dropping destroyers, octopuses, and deep sea divers. The harder. worlds supposedly have more formidable creatures, but increasing difficulty is not linear from world to world. Some, like the Under seas world, are quite difficult; while others, like the Swamp, didn't seem to be as challenging. The last, Hades, is a definite ballbreaker.

The game is controlled by a joystick although you can play it with user defineable keys from the keyboard. The man is moved about the screen by pressing joystick button #1, and he can aim his gun and fire in eight directions when using button #0. Screen obstacles not only block his movement, but also act as cover from opponents' attacks.

Each world has a background screen in which the battle occurs the man and the opponents lack smoothness when moving, but this doesn't detract from the game. The game should be played on a color set since some of the aliens are nearly invisible against the background screen on many B & W monitors.

The game has good depth and playability. Part of its appeal lies in the randomness of the opponents. You get to see who your opponents will be on each round. You sometimes cringe when more than one of your most deadly opponents appears on the wheel of fortune. The other appeal is the curiosity involved in reaching each of the different worlds. Once you defeat a world, you are given the password to the next level so that in future games you don't have to start from the beginning. This combination of play factors makes this a good game.

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