By Iceman (Darken)
Genre: Shoot 'em left
Here we have a piece of not so abandoned-ware, as it first made an appearance in the 2010 CGC and work began on it some 25 years ago! So after all this time and refinement this game had better be pretty bloody perfect.
One of the biggest
differences is that this version was done in asm rather than compiled, but the
thing is I can’t tell any difference between the two!
The aim of this game is to protect your rocket from the advancing sentient boxes (sorry, robots), or something. To do so you use the keys 6,7 for up/down and 0 to fire your fearsome laser against the random alien assault. The position of the rocket towards the left means you don’t have that much time to move to the correct row and shoot the robot, especially if you cock up the keys which I don’t find that intuitive. I’m not sure what your space suit is made of but you have 3 lives, but if just one robot hits the rocket it’s game over.
There’s a lot of attention to detail in this game, from the advanced loading screen to the in game animations, well animation. While it’s a lovely animation, the thing is you see it every time you complete a level, and without a skip function it can begin to grate. In fact I’d swear blind that Iceman has timed it so that it’s not long enough to take the mickey, but not short enough to avoid frustration. Genius!
Though it probably should be said that the graphics are a bit simple (let’s call them rustic).
Would be programmers may want to check out some of the support material, of which there is an astonishing amount.
The Hi-Score challenge starts around 6820, I’m sure I could do better but can’t face seeing the animation again.
Lovely little game, nice to see it (again).
Thankyou Iceman!
Download TAP.
Download game and supportmaterial.
Download Loader hack
GROUND ATTACK ONLY: Poke 30517,62; 30518,20;30531,75
NUMBER OF LIVES: Poke 28978,x lives (0-255)
Genre: Shoot 'em left
Here we have a piece of not so abandoned-ware, as it first made an appearance in the 2010 CGC and work began on it some 25 years ago! So after all this time and refinement this game had better be pretty bloody perfect.
The aim of this game is to protect your rocket from the advancing sentient boxes (sorry, robots), or something. To do so you use the keys 6,7 for up/down and 0 to fire your fearsome laser against the random alien assault. The position of the rocket towards the left means you don’t have that much time to move to the correct row and shoot the robot, especially if you cock up the keys which I don’t find that intuitive. I’m not sure what your space suit is made of but you have 3 lives, but if just one robot hits the rocket it’s game over.
There’s a lot of attention to detail in this game, from the advanced loading screen to the in game animations, well animation. While it’s a lovely animation, the thing is you see it every time you complete a level, and without a skip function it can begin to grate. In fact I’d swear blind that Iceman has timed it so that it’s not long enough to take the mickey, but not short enough to avoid frustration. Genius!
Would be programmers may want to check out some of the support material, of which there is an astonishing amount.
The Hi-Score challenge starts around 6820, I’m sure I could do better but can’t face seeing the animation again.
Lovely little game, nice to see it (again).
Thankyou Iceman!
Download TAP.
Download game and supportmaterial.
Download Loader hack
GROUND ATTACK ONLY: Poke 30517,62; 30518,20;30531,75
NUMBER OF LIVES: Poke 28978,x lives (0-255)
