The isometric viewpoint used in Fairlight had some enhancements over similar games of the time to bring a more complex puzzle solving element to the game. All objects in the game have realistic movements involving their weight, size and shape. They can be stacked, dropped, thrown and slid along the floor which gave the game its uniqueness over its peers. This also led to the game being quite hard in places since small objects were very hard to manipulate and fighting enemies demanded perfection due to the exactness of the pixel collision detection. The game actually had no sound at all, just a piece of music at the title screen. However the graphics with their black on color background were very detailed.ReviewsMagazineIssuePageSystemRating%ReviewerLanguageSinclair User12/1985125,128ZX Spectrum5 out of 5100 -EnglishSinclair User10/198673ZX Spectrum5 out of 5100 John GilbertEnglishPopular Computing Weekly10/198515ZX Spectrum5 out of 5100 John MinsonEnglishCrash11/198526,27ZX Spectrum95 out of 10095 -EnglishCommodore Force06/199317C6495 out of 10095 -EnglishMicro Hobby12/198512,13ZX Spectrum9.2 out of 1092 -SpanishCommodore Force08/199356C6490 out of 10090 -EnglishComputer Gamer11/198569ZX Spectrum4.5 out of 590 -EnglishComputer Gamer05/198640Amstrad CPC, C644.5 out of 590 -EnglishZzap!06/1986116,117C6490 out of 10090 Gary Penn, Julian Rignall, Gary LiddonEnglishYour Sinclair10/198621ZX Spectrum9 out of 1090 -EnglishComputer + Video Games06/198618, 19C648.3 out of 1083 -EnglishComputer + Video Games06/198618, 19Amstrad CPC8 out of 1080 -EnglishYour Computer12/198535ZX Spectrum4 out of 580 -EnglishCommodore User05/198618,19C644 out of 580 Daniel GilbertEnglishTilt07+08/198622 Amstrad CPC4 out of 580 -FrenchHappy Computer08/1986151Amstrad CPC72 out of 10072 Heinrich LehnhardtGermanComputer + Video Games12/198517ZX Spectrum6.8 out of 1068 -EnglishASM (Aktueller Software Markt)04/198634ZX Spectrum8 out of 1267-GermanPopular Computing Weekly09/198536,37ZX Spectrum-- -EnglishSinclair User09/198517ZX Spectrum-- Chris BourneEnglish
