COBRA
VARIOUS, 1986
n Eighties action movies reached their nadir in 1986 with the bland and nonsensical Sylvester Stallone vehicle, Cobra. But for Spectrum fans in particular, the movie will always be remembered as the basis for coder Jonathan Smith’s best moment in a prestigious career. Set across three scenes from the film (streets, countryside andfactory), the programmer’s trademark sense of humour is present throughout (see Joffa’s Japes), and it plays wonderfully, too. Unfortunately, the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 games, while closer in spirit to the Stallone film, were substantially inferior.