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| I have just played through this game, with TRAINER (infinite lives). Besides running twice into situation, where I could not figure out a way to continue (being 'locked' in an area with no way out), it was quite a fun experience.
However, there were a few things that were at least somewhat annoying:
1. No horizontal scrolling but simple screen swapping made it a much less smooth experience than it could have been, and rendered a few 'move to the next screen' actions more difficult a/o more hazardous. The Amiga version takes the cake here.
2. Crappy vertical scrolling, way below the level of what the Atari ST computers could do.
3. Platforming as such is slightly problematic, as JUMP is performed by pushing the stick UP. As the player needs to gain speed and also, a certain level of precision is needed, this is probably the most sore point of the game (even in the Amiga original).
4. A few graphical glitches, that were not ironed out prior to the release. Nothing big, but tells about the effort put into programming this version (aka not [good] enough).
All in all, the Amiga version is superior, but if you can live with those deficiencies, the game is actually fun and holds up quite fine. Though, admittedly, it's quite difficult, without the option to SAVE a game. Luckily, there are at least passwords one can use to skip to WORLDs further in the game and not have to replay each time from the very beginning. These are:
WIZARD: World 3
GUILD: World 5
SPELLS: World 8
ARCANE: World 10
DRUID: World 12
FAERIE: World 14 |
| I clicked this one, searching for THAT Virus game, but this one's surprisingly OK. Not overly too much fun, but made well enough to have given it a few tries. |
| Steve - 07/09/2015 is right, this is one of the best games for the Atari ST computers.. 10/10 from me, definitely. |
| One of my favourites games. Still playing it. |
| Wow! Just wow! Console quality gameplay and presentation. One of the most colourful ST games I’ve seen, loads of technical wizardry. Really looking forward to the full release. |
| An exclusive 16-bit Port! How doe it Fare?
The Good
Very impressive beautifully coloured sprites attack in all corners of the screen. Nice feature: like the arcade, you can choose to start at 0 or skip ahead to a higher level. The audio is decent.
The Bad
I’m using emulation and I’m seeing some jerkiness and things are moving at a slower speed. Not sure if it is due to the emulation.
The Bottom Line
Despite the speed issues, the game is beautiful and very impressive for an early 16-bit title. Try it!
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| Au debut on choisi le nombre de joueurs :
touches "A" et "Z" pour chosir son perso et "W" pour valider
dans le jeu à chaque fois que l'ecran flash il faut appuyer sur une touche
quand il y a un jet de dés : taper une touche
"1" et "2" pour se deplacer à droite ou a gauche et "3" pour valider
(pour certain sort c'est "4" pour sortir)
Quand vous lancer un sort il vous demande son numero (parmis une liste qu'il donne)
il faut valider avec "entrée"
"E" et "D" pour scroller les armes et objets
"Z" pour avoir les statistiques
et dans les stats :
"A" et "Q" pour scroller les armures
"Z" et "S" pour scroller les compagnons
"E" et "D" pour scroller les armes et objets
"espace " pour sortir des stats
parfois il vous pose une question. et vous propose comme reponse
de taper "1" pour OUI n'importe qu'elle autre touche sera pris pour NON
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| as the game is in french, the explanations are here : https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=6933 |
| Graph by SOLO of MCS
use key a-q, z-s, e-d
I'll make doc to play, a little bit later
AxelF. of MCS (Guillaume AUDUC)
Thx to Atarimania to have recovered this game |
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