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The words ‘8-bit’ get bandied around somewhat, often for games that require processing way beyond the capabilities of your ZX Spectrums, Amstrads et al. However SCB is so basic it really could have been from the 48/64k era. It’s impressive to have a simple, novel idea on what is effectively a 25 year old platform. That idea is to blur the lines between two of the fundamental and hereto separate instincts of playing…
I dug it - something of a platformer ideas mashup. You can rotate levels, use a rope, teleport, change size use ghost shuggies etc...However the controls are just jump and action - each level (usually one screen) uses a just one concept on that action (rotate level or what have you) which makes things simple, varied and challenges the level designers to wring every thing they can out of each concept. Not as hard as…
