12: Head Over Heels

Number 12
(219.4 points)
Head Over Heels
1992: 33 (13.6)
1993: 27 (29.6)
1994: 25 (45.6)
1995: 24 (61.6)
1996: 32 (69.0)

It's times like this when you wonder if some of the older members of the Amiga Power team have a bit too much of a hand in the selection process.

You are in charge of two inter-dependent beings, Head and Heels. They can travel around a series of isometric rooms on their own, but have more power when they combine. Head is slow but can jump high, while Heels is the opposite. You must explore rooms and figure out how to navigate a variety of puzzles. The game is very much a ZX Spectrum game with slightly improved graphics and sound, so it does not make much use of the Amiga's capabilities.

We had a glorified Speccy game before with Laser Squad, but this really is just a Speccy game with minor modifications. Not that that's a bad thing - I do love the Speccy, after all - but to see this as the 12th best Amiga game ever (by my calculation) is a bit of a stretch. There are a few games like this on the Speccy, incidentally, and I've never been a huge fan of them.

Recommended TOSEC disk(s):
Head Over Heels (1991)(Hit Squad, The)[cr CSL][t +10 LGD]