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IF LURKING around London underground stations is your idea of a fun tune then Give My Regards To Broad Street ought to appeal.


Argus informs us that the game has been okayed by ageing ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, presumably because the plot of the game closely resembles the film. In other words, little happens and it's corny.

You are Paul, and if that doesn't put you off, you must travel around London by car trying to find the members of your band on the run. You must also pick up chords which have been lost from the hit song No More Lonely Nights - which still got into the charts despite my best efforts. You have 24 hours to find your crew.

With luck you will eventually learn to manoeuvre your temperamental vehicle and stop at a station as one of the characters is about to go in or come out. You must wait around until you pick one up, together with chords, but beware the wheel-clamping traffic wardens.

The game is technically excellent. There are two types of screen. The first display shows your car on the road map of London. Underground stations are highlighted and much effort has gone into producing a detailed map of the capital. There is also a radar screen at the bottom of the screen and information about characters who have just gone into or left stations.

The other screen depicts an underground station and shows you waiting for your friends. Every so often a warden comes along and you must rush back to the car.

It is unfortunate that such an obviously brilliant team of programmers did not have a better plot with which to work. Surely the film included more details than lost friends and musical notes. On second thoughts, perhaps not.


Publisher Argus Price £7.95
Memory 48K Joystick Kempston
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John Gilbert

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET
Argus Press Software £7.99
Ross: From the same stable as Alien, here's another film follow-up that's billed as a sophisticated adventure and strategy game. The plot pursues Paul McCartney's attempt to save his band and their music from the evil financier Rath (any relation to Rath Bone? Ed).
You take Paul's part in his last ditch bid to track down the seven people involved in producing his latest album. They're the only ones who can help reconstruct the final missing track before midnight. Problem is that the magnificent seven are spread all over London. But to help you in your search, your in-car computer tracks their movements on the London tube system so you can predict where they're off to. If you're outside the tube station as they emerge then they'll hand over a snatch of the tune. Once all seven pieces are in the bag you can trundle off to Abbey Road for the remix.
The game comes with a large scale map of London and a tube map. On the reverse you'll find full details on the people you're after. This'll help you plot their movements as the game progresses. The screen is split into 4 areas - a large section across the top of the screen shows your car (is it a Beetle? Ed) and a small area of London's streetplan. The other three sections give the gen on the missing people's movements and more detailed info on the locality.
It's an original idea for a game but it's pretty dull in the playing. It might offer a painless way for prospective cabbies to learn abut London - but if this is how pop stars spend their time I think I'll hang up my guitar. 2/5

Roger: Another game-of-the-film of-the- book of-the-song that is best described as a spin-off that should, er spin off ... 2/5

Dave: The map is quite big (and wrong in places!), and I found it rather more interesting than the game. If you like driving around in central London (do cab drivers read YS?), then you might enjoy it, otherwise give it a Broad (St.) berth. 2/5