Sunday, May 11, 2014

Amiga Longplay Duck Tales - The Quest For Gold

The game starts as Flintheart Glomgold walks into Scrooge McDuck's office and challenges him to see who is the richest duck in the world. Assuming the role of Scrooge, the player then gets 30 days to collect treasures from all around the world. Scrooge is assisted by his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie and pilot Launchpad McQuack. Flying to different destinations is one of the many different sequences in the game. Many of these destinations are fictitious or imaginative, names often being puns on real locations, and some were featured in episodes of the show. Some exist in the real world, such as the Carlsbad Caverns.
In flying sequences to reach the destination, the Beagle Boys try to hinder the player by methods such as dropping pianos. If the plane crashes, the player will lose money as well a couple of days while Gyro Gearloose repairs the plane.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Swiv

SWIV was a 2D vertically-scrolling Shoot 'em up game original released in 1991 for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST 16-bit home computer formats.

The game was considered a spiritual successor to Tecmo arcade game Silkworm, which The Sales Curve) had previously converted to home computer formats in 1989. SWIV is an unofficial sequel, but the game's heritage is evident from the game design whereby one player pilots a helicopter, and the other an armoured Jeep.