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The blocks, as with every Tetris clone, disappear when you create a full line. Each ghost munched fills up the fairy meter, and when full that introduces a fairy who can destroy large sections of the on-screen clutter. That way, when Pac-Man drops from the top, he'll munch his way through them, clearing a big chunk of screen. You're dropping mixtures of blocks and ghosts, and the aim is to arrange the ghosts in nice neat lines. At the last count, there are 526 such games on the Virtual Console, give or take a few hundred.Īs the name suggests, Pac-Attack ropes Pac-Man into the fun this time, and it's an addition that actually works better than you might think. I'm starting to suspect that Nintendo is aiming for some sort of world record for Most Block-Dropping Puzzle Games In One Place. It is, however, one of those vintage games that makes you sweat blood to make any sort of progress. The gameplay is much the same as the Spectrum version, but the graphics are rather splodgy compared to the Speccy's insanely detailed, if colour-clashing, design.Ĭybernoid is a fantastic game, and one that sits proudly alongside Uridium as an example of how innovative the 8-bit era really was. It's also worth pointing out for purists that this C64 port was actually coded by Nick Jones, rather than Cecco himself. You can also pick up additional weapons from defeated enemy ships, such as a rotating spiky ball of death and a rear gunner. You have a laser, and holding down the fire button launches bombs for destroying larger foes. I'd forgotten just how brutal this game was, offering no gentle introduction but instead putting you in do-or-die situations from the second screen onwards. Each screen is a stand-alone miniature challenge - and I really should emphasise the word challenge. You control the Cybernoid ship, tasked with retrieving gems and weapons stolen by space pirates. Cybernoid was his breakthrough hit, a flip-screen shooter made up of numerous bite-sized tests of reflexes and agility.
Raffaele Cecco was one of the stars of the 8-bit UK home computer scene, his bold colourful shooters helping to keep us happy while we saved up for an Amiga or Atari ST.
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