THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE

3D PAINTER

PUBLISHER
CDS MicroSystems

AUTHOR
Unknown

YEAR
1982

CATEGORY
Arcade

DESCRIPTION
A very basic arcade type game, colouring in a variety of mazes
whilst avoiding the little guy!

CONTROLS
Q - Up, 
Z - Down, 
I - Left, 
P -Right
Kempston Joystick

INSTRUCTIONS
You play a badly drawn stick man and must run around a series of
four 3D mazes, colouring them in as you go. When the whole of a
maze has been painted, you move on to the next. Once all mazes
have been completed, you move back to the beginning but
everything runs faster! Your progress is hampered by another
little stick guy who is determined to catch you, and the ever
decreasing bonus clock. Oh yeah, and the fact that you only have
one life to play with!

SEQUELS/PREQUELS
None.

SCORES RECEIVED
3D Painter was DEFINITELY released before any games reviewing
magazines were about. I guess that makes it kind of old.

URL
This snapshot is NOT widely available.

GENERAL FACTS
The main fact here is DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE 3D BIT IN THE TITLE!
This game is NOT in 3D. What you actually get is a 2D maze game,
but the maze corridors have been extended backwards to give a
rather poor excuse of a 3D representation.  3D Painter is also
one of those rare beasts - a 16k game! Not difficult to see
though, as there are only UDG graphics, no animation, and two
sound effects!

CDS did a number of other Spectrum titles very early in its life,
but then seemed to disappear.


NOTES
It may not be complex, but it's fun! Give it a go, 'cos I
guarantee you won't rest until you've completed all four mazes
at least once! BTW, the second maze is the hardest!