ASTERIX AND THE MAGIC CAULDRON
 Melbourne House 1986

 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston
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 AIM : Gaul is divided into three parts... No, four, for one small
 Gaulish village in Armorica still holds out against the invaders.
 Fortified by their magic potion, they still successfully resist the
 Romans. However, the magic cauldron the potion is brewed in has been
 accidentally shattered into seven pieces which our heroes Asterix
 and Obelix must recover...

 GAMEPLAY : Basically a matter of exploring thoroughly in order to
 find the cauldron pieces. Obelix will follow Asterix anywhere, but
 he must be kept nourished with his favourite food: wild boar. Asterix
 has five roast boars with him (how does he carry them??) and one
 disappears each time Asterix and Obelix get hungry.

  When they are all gone, Asterix has to find and fight a boar - the
 fight sequences take place in windows that zoom out of the main
 screen. Stamina bars for each combatant appear on the side of the
 window. Defeating the boar adds it to the food tally. If Asterix
 loses the fight he is kicked out of the window and he loses a life.
 The same system is used when fighting the Roman soldiers and when
 Asterix picks up useful objects along the way.

  Asterix starts with five lives and a single phial of magic potion,
 which can only be used once when you are in extreme trouble. The
 pieces of the cauldron are shown at the top of the screen when they
 have been collected. Keys can also be picked up to get you into
 previously unexplored areas.

 COMMENTS : "A great disappointment."
 RATING : 61% (CRASH #34, November 1984)

 NOW : A prettily presented but buggy and frustrating game.
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 KEYS : Up	-  Q
	Down	-  Z
	Left	-  I
	Right	-  P
	Fire	-  SPACE