Arcade / Arcade - Platformer (Scrolling) · 1992
James Pond II - Codename Robocod
Published by The One · Developed by Vectordean
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Information
- Genre
- Arcade - Platformer (Scrolling)
- Language
- Machine Language
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1
- Resolution
- Low
- Programmer(s)
- Bak, Steve
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Sorrell, Chris, Dobson, Paul, Archer, Leavon
- Game design
- Sorrell, Chris
- Musician(s)
- Joseph, Richard
- Sound FX
- Joseph, Richard
- Year
- 1992
- Publisher
- The One
- Distributor
- EMAP Images
- Developer
- Vectordean
- Licensed from
- -
- Software
- English
- Box/Instructions
- English
- License
- Game Demo or Preview - Commercial
- ST Type
- ST, STe Enhanced, 0.5MB
- Version
- [preview]
- Number of Disks
- 1, Double Sided
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 7.4/10 · Votes: 16 · Downloads: 2,087 · Hits: 3,795
Additional Comments
Released on The One for ST Games coverdisk issue 40 (January 1992)
Screenshots (7)
Cover Art (1)
Trivia (3)
Hardware
Supports STe palette
Graphics
Features up to 31 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game) on STe
Features up to 29 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game) on ST
Features up to 29 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game) on ST
Charts
Top UK ST charts position: 3 (4/1992)
Months on charts: 8 between 3/1992 - 12/1993
Months on charts: 8 between 3/1992 - 12/1993
Comments (1)
Megalomaniac — 8 Oct 2022
Overrated, at least on the ST. Pond feels horribly weightless when jumping, with the lack of sound effects not helping matters, and the scrolling is as bad as it gets. Any section requiring successive jumps, particularly the diagonal timing-based ones, becomes almost impossible, when you breeze through it on other systems. For a game where exploration is so central to the appeal and reward, this becomes a massive disincentive to play it properly.