Frak!

This is a great new version/sequel of one of my most loved games from my favourite decade. Nick has paid great attention to detail to make sure that it looks and sounds just as you would hope. As with all of his games, the music is great and fits the game beautifully.

Nick Pelling, aka Orlando, one of my teenage heroes! I was at college learning computer science on a BBC Micro 32K machine when FRAK! came out. I had plenty of favorites from back then, but FRAK! was among the best of them. The game is surprisingly addictive, and incredibly simple. Take Trogg the caveman and using only his yoyo manage to navigate the maps, avoiding monster, rising balloons, falling knives and of course the other enemies - the names of which escape me at the moment. FRAK! Was a very simple game, and yet was harder than it looked. Timing is everything. Orlando, if you're reading this come on, give us some more of the classics! Arcadians (1982) Zalaga (1983) (a port of Galaga) Frak! ( 1984) Firetrack (1987)

It aged like wine.

Although this game has been out for a while, I've only recently heard about it being on Steam. I am very happy to hear that Orlando reproduced this very well known BBC Micro game on Steam - it's good for nostalgia. The game is a faithful reproduction of the original and plays well - at least as far as I can remember although it seems to be faster. Other than me being worse at this game as I've grown older, I have only a couple of minor negatives: 1) When you load the game as a new player, it doesn't tell you what the keys are to play until you've waited a few seconds for it to move to the next screen. The cursor keys work and they can be used to play also (but without the yo-yo fire button). 2) You can't change the keys. Those playing would have come from the BBC Micro days of Z,X,*,? which today would map to Z,X,',/ right? And the yo-yo would probably be the Enter/Return button or something? I'd have expected this within the Settings page to configure. Using O.K.P seems quite odd and unnatural to me, although better than the arrow keys. For just under £5, it's worth it in my view. It was always a unique game with a catchy tune, but it was also quite a hard game for the average person.

the music is wrong on level 2 and the controls don't behave in quite the same way as the origingal BBC micro version.

As fiendish as the original, finally with more than 3 levels :)

Addictive, frustrating, infuriating fun! FRAK! is a classic BBC Micro game and this reboot brings it up-to-date for modern machines. Expect fiendish puzzles, twitch gameplay, much swearing (on your part), and that warm, satisfying feeling when you finally beat a level. And that's on the Zero mode! Lots of modes, lots of challenges, lots of fun! This is the way retro reboots should be done! *** Full Disclosure *** I, and some other members of the Stardot community, helped the author bug test this game. I have not been solicited to write this review, nor am I getting any remuneration for doing so. These are my genuine thoughts about the game. Clear? Clear! *** End Disclosure ***

Frak was great back in the day but now in the 21st Century it is incredible!