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Xplode Man for the Plus 4 review<br />
This game actually appeared in 2014, however I was at a<br />
friend’s house recently and saw him playing the game, after<br />
enquiring where he obtained said game, I found where to<br />
download it! Great fun! So firstly here is the link<br />
http://plus4world.powweb.com/software/Xplode_Man<br />
Title:<br />
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Machine:<br />
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Graphics by:<br />
Music composed by:<br />
Xplode Man<br />
English<br />
64K<br />
PAL & NTSC<br />
Assassins (ASN)<br />
V., Gábor (Skoro)<br />
K., Róbert (KiCHY)<br />
P., Csaba (Csabo)<br />
Interestingly Chris Snowdon from www.commodore16 .com<br />
reviewed the game on his YouTube channel here<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M5EESojp2g<br />
And it was also reviewed in Retro Gamer,<br />
http://www.retrogamer.net/ However you will need to buy<br />
the magazine to read it! AS I haven’t read the review I<br />
thought it only right I should write my own. (no offence<br />
Chris or Retro Gamer) anyway I am sure Chris would welcome<br />
the review.<br />
Loading the game gives away its heritage; it’s a bomber<br />
clone, but a clone with a bit of a twist!<br />
The 3D Effects on the loading screen look amazing, showing<br />
For anyone who doesn’t know the plot, you have the ability<br />
to drop bombs that are on a timer and will explode, the explosion<br />
blows up things around you like the brick walls and<br />
also the other people wandering around, blow these guys up<br />
before they blow you up or more realistically bump into you<br />
as you turn into a black charred skeleton and you die!<br />
The twist here and it does add to the game, is that you have<br />
to blow up ALL of the brick walls to move onto the next level,<br />
as well as the bad guys, your also on a timer so don’t dilly<br />
dally around. Unlike other game though the screens aren’t<br />
just square, its not perfect nut very close.<br />
The game starts easy enough and has plenty of power ups to<br />
find and try out, slowly building up pace to a frantic level,<br />
(although some claim its too easy) still the animation is<br />
good colours in game really impress me, and the whole<br />
game plays very well. I think the game is only single player,<br />
more would be welcome if it were 2 players the score would<br />
score a 9 and if it supported more then …….<br />
I am not a fan of the green on green screen, it makes me feel<br />
a little sickly however the game is split into 4 zones each<br />
with its own theme and the first is jungle zone, hence the<br />
green<br />
Game Zones<br />
-Jungle Zone<br />
-Desert Zone<br />
-Factory Zone<br />
-Artic Zone<br />
the colour range of the commodore 16/plus4 with some<br />
nice scrolling banners introducing the levels<br />
The Menu music is superb lovely and bouncy, reminding me<br />
of a number of similar games, this version has a lovely warbling<br />
theme and effective drums.<br />
Anyway pressing fire invites us to enter a passcode or just<br />
press ENTER to move on to level 1<br />
Summary<br />
Solid gameplay<br />
Graphics<br />
Sounds<br />
8/10<br />
9/10 great little<br />
tunes<br />
Gameplay 8/10<br />
Overall<br />
8/10<br />
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