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praised the game for being a vast improvement over the original, saying the game had "no real weak points". Minor criticisms were levelled at the game's joystick controls (preferring to control the game with a mouse) and at the game's philosophy of leaving players no clue as to how to succeed.
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magazine the Atari ST version "is slightly slower and rather less smooth" and digital sounds effects were not used in the ST version since it would have made the game 20% slower. They consider a lack of "atmosphere" created by sampled sound effects as a major problem in the ST version.
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cited the game's dual-booting feature as "just one of the achievements" of the developers, praising the addition of solid graphics without losing its predecessor's speed.
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