![]() ![]() The bit of Balsa Model Flight Simulator that’s currently available through Steam is a free beta rather than a traditional palate whetter, but that’s not going to stop me including it the first THC demo disc. ![]() ![]() For my money, this 2001 tempter did its job more effectively than its 2020 equivalent. Later, high kicking, garter flashing, poker playing Kate O’Hara lends a hand and foot. Initially, you do your infiltrating with John Cooper, an Eastwoodian gun/knifeslinger who can lure foes into quiet corners with a musical pocket watch, and Doc McCoy, a sawbones whose elaborate party piece involves a balloon, a bottle of chloroform, and a Buntline Special. Desperados: Wanted Dead or AliveĪnother old favourite, the Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive demo invites you to infiltrate a beautifully rendered Old West settlement crawling with gun-toting goons. Within half an hour you’ll be on the edge of your seat watching action phases (In CMBO, every order phase is followed by sixty seconds of intervention-free combat) chock-full of drama, tension, and food for thought. Yes, the camera system is a tad idiosyncratic (use the number keys for quick view transitions) and, if you’re a total novice, you should probably inspect the short instructions doc before jumping in, but any early disorientation or dissatisfaction will, I promise, quickly pass. Equipped with two highly entertaining scenarios – Chance Encounter and Valley of Trouble – the 21-year-old trial still represents tactical wargaming at its best. Never played a Combat Mission? I can’t think of a better place to start than the ace Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord demo. Remind you that They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore.Help you forget an empty purse or wallet.Carefully curated mixtures of the old and new, the obscure and the scure, they will, I hope… Tally-Ho Corner’s demo discs – of which this is the first – are my attempt to recreate the experience offered by ye olde periodical platters. Because in 2021 you rarely find yourself installing lacrosse sims, leporine Settlers clones, and puzzle games inspired by Hungarian folk art out of boredom-tinged curiosity, there’s less chance of unlikely love affairs blossoming. Denied these monthly mix tapes, the gamer of today is, I reckon, less inclined to reconnoitre and genre-flit than their predecessor. Coup de grâced by broadband, the wafer of wonders* that once clung lamprey-like to the front cover of almost every games mag is no more. A minute’s silence in memory of the demo disc, if you please. ![]()
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