The Boggit

Wonderful spoof of that Other Game. A triumph of insanity over logic with delightfully snappy humour

The name behind DELTA 4 is one Fergus McNeil. He brought you Robin of Sherlock and Bored of the Rings and now he's waylaying us with his latest offering – The Boggit, Bored Too (two, that is). Regulars to the column will remember how I enjoyed both of Fergus's earlier offerings but wondered how universally funny the jokes actually were. In The Boggit, the comic genius's talent has been trained, focused and profitably directed towards the one theme – taking The Hobbit computer game to the cleaners (although the thought of cleansing isn't quite the right analogy here)!

The usual humour is packed in, such as the response to GET ALL or the input of four-letter words (and you can safely BREAK WIND in this one, if you choose). There's more than a passing reference to Infocom adventures, that'll be lost on most Spectrum owners, but from what I've seen of the game so far it's got everything we've come to expect from Delta 4 and a few new tricks besides. Don't just Boggit, buy it!

The Boggit ist prinzipiell eine unterhaltsames Spielchen. Leider kann man das Programm nur einem recht speziellen Käufer-Kreis empfehlen. Um sein Späßchen zu haben, muß man a) Adventure-Fan sein, b) The Hobbit gespielt haben, c) gut Englisch können und d) Sinn für skurillen Humor haben. Wer sich bei allen vier Punkten angesprochen fühlt, sollte sich The Boggit unbedingt ansehen. Das Spiel ist in mancherlei Hinsicht wirklich einmalig und dabei recht knifflig. Für Adventure-Witzbolde ein rundes Vergnügen, wobei ich mich zwar zu den Scherzkeksen (Ha!) zähle, aber vom Zwei-Wort-Parser nicht gerade begeistert bin. Wer's etwas geistreicher (und teurer) mag, greife zu Infocoms "Hitchicker's Guide" or "Leather Godesses", wo es mindestens genauso humorig zugeht.