THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE

TWISTER - MOTHER OF CHARLOTTE

PUBLISHER
System 3

YEAR
1986

CATEGORY
Arcade

CONTROLS
Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor.

KEYS: Left - O
Right - P
Jump - S
Thrust - A
Fire - X

INSTRUCTIONS
Twister, one of the most powerful demons of Hell, is trying to
corrupt mankind to the point of destruction. You've been chosen
to save mankind from her; to do this, you have to travel through
your own subconscious in order to gather various sacred symbols
that will enable you to vanquish Twister and her underlings.

The game is divided into a number of sub-games. The first
involves jumping across a series of platforms as they approach
and collecting the objects that appear on many of them. Twister's
minions will try to hinder you, but you can shoot them down using
psychic weapons which you can gain by collecting four special
suits of cards that appear while you're fighting. When a demon
is shot, it drops an object, many of which are useful (the
triangle of darts gives extra firepower). Two however cause
either a loss of energy or the loss of the loss of the last
object to have been picked up.

The next section has you travelling down a pseudo-3D gridwork
corridor inhabited by the demons. Here you must collect the
characters making up the Word of Ultimate Power. The next
corridor is walled but is much the same except thhat signs of the
Zodiac must be collected. If you succeed a jet pack propels you
towards a confrontation with Twister herself, who looks
unnaturally like a flower in a plant pot. Demons must be
eliminated before the Triangle of Truth materialises; if this is
touched in time, the warhead of the psychic bolt displayed at the
bottom of the screen begins to flash. A direct hit down Twister's
throat is necessary to kill her, and you only have one shot, so
timing is critical!

SCORES RECEIVED
"Enjoyable if undemanding". 71% (CRASH #28, March 1986)

GENERAL FACTS
This game was originally going to be called "Twister - Mother of
Harlots", until someone decided that the word Harlots was a bit
strong.

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