1 - Commodore Is Awesome

Squash dem bugs.
Rollerpede isn't a blindingly original
game concept. In fact, it's already
been done a great many times in
every way from the arcade console
original to budget compilations.
What's new about this implementation
is that it's free and at least as
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so many of us in the arcades back in
the early eighties (sound of nostalgic
music in background).
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days! When sprites were NOT
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blasting meant just that
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games in the old days!
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of the most popular
games around, ,
offering raw nonstop
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none of the frills
associated with
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which our own RoVerpede d is based.
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The object of the egame
is to blast effects for shots and e explosions do
as many aliens as possible before the job without nassaulting
the
your own inevitable demise, racking eardrums too much, s and all scrolling
up as many points as possi- is entirely judder-free.
ble in the process. To aid you
Speed is a prime concern in the
in this you have a generous
game. Your ship will only
five lives at the start of the
move at one speed - there's
game, and it soon becomes
no power-up for mobility - but
obvious why you need so many.
the enemy can descend on
The game starts with a better you at a frightening rate once the
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screen begins to fill up with mush-
rooms.
When it encounters a vertical corridor
of mushrooms, the Rollerpede
will snake down at great speed, and
can squish the hapless
player before he can
loose off more than a
Directory: Tune-of-the-Month
little while back, we received a disktul ot samples you could use in a tune it you really wanted to, but
'ch had our jaws dropping even as we listened to which are mainly just good fun, or of use to those using
m. 'Twenty Cuts, Breaks and Scratches' from Paul Walt Disney's Animation Studio and who'd like to add
I (of De-Bugging the Wack, Northampton) was a disk SFX to their cartoons.
taming some of the best Amiga samples any of us - The other two samples, however, are from Paul Hill's
ever heard, and we couldn't resist using them. disk and are guaranteed to grab your attention.
Unfortunately, it would be unfair to devote an entire Funky Drummer and Boyee are lengthy samples
rdisk to samples, as our non-musical readers would which you can use as a basis for a house or hip-hop
sten to tell you, so we've done the next best thing tune. If you doubt the ease with which you can make
d decided to supply as many of our favourites as music on your Amiga, load these into last month's
cc on the disk permits.
coverdisk . ' sensation, MED v3.00, and play them using'f
This month, you'll find a 'samples sub-directory in the 'U' key (this is the pitch at which they seem most
Tune-of-the-Month directory, and in it you'll find six happy). You should quickly spot the potential for usingt
perb samples. Four of these are special effects which such high quality sounds in your own compositions.
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A
shot or two. The first few levels
aren't too taxing as long as you can
shoot fast enough, but when the
aliens begin to manifest themselves
in forms other than the standard
Rollerpede, things can rapidly
get hairy. There are four
special alien types: UFOs,
Walkers, Seekers, and
Spiders.
Nefarious nasties
UFO's are easy enough to avoid.
They simply fly along the top of the
screen dropping strings of bombs
which, although not very dangerous
on their own, can detract consider.
ably from your life expectancy when
you're trying to dodge attacks from
three other directions. Shooting
them as soon as they appear is
the best way to deal with
them, and will earn
you 1500 points.
Seekers are a bit
more of a pain. They