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<head> <title="...forever..."> <font=monaco10.fnt> <font=newy36.fnt> <font=time24.fnt> <image=back.raw w=256 h=256 t=-1> <buf=4230> <bgcolor=-1> <background=0> <link_color=253> <module=console.mod> <pal=back.pal> colors: 251 - black </head> <body> <frame x=0 y=0 w=640 h=4230 b=-1 c=-1> - - --- -- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------ <f1><c000>Reservoir Gods releases overview <f0> by Saulot/Chosneck Team 'December 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since very first official public appearance of Chosneck (oh my! it's year now!) many things have changed and numerous hot releases we have missed. We want to apologize and partly fill up the existing hole with warm words and good intentions. Indeed, we are really good ladz. ;) The movement in the games department was very big in the second half of the year. For the very large part of this gaming mayhem there could be only one responsible party - Reservoir Gods. After years of silence they still amaze us with quality productions. Now only main() GOD knows what they are preparing for us in the deepest dungeons of their headquarters. From the circulating rumours, we know about many projects that are currently in the pipeline. Among the sea of possible things we can expect to see in the future are the Faery Land project h anded out to RG by members of Dune and also something of Dreamcast origin. The rest are tightly guarded secrets, so I will not speculate about this - the future will tell. There is more good news concerning the RG crew. The Gods of Reservoir are getting BIGGER! Several new members joined the clan: Griff of Electronic Images, Aegir, Stratagem and Neo. The short time between releases proved that there is good team spirit and injection of fresh blood speeded up the games development process dramatically. I could only be jealous for such a motivated team. Mr.Pink finally updated and revamped the RG website. Changes in everything - changed server, domain name. At last you can download all the games that RG released through the years (no more tears!) and some utilities. Finally you can compare your efforts and dedication in playing GodPey and Superfly. By sending savegame files from these games to Mr.Pink, your Highscore will be exposed to public view on the RG website. Only this One-Only-and-Final-Oracle will tell you that you are good enough or that you should seek happiness somewhere else ;) I wish all the beST to the GODS - many high quality releases in the next year. Keep up the team spirit! To prove that we in Chosneck care a lot and we are not stone-hearted scum suckers I want to delve deep into the sick and inhuman alternate reality of "godly" games. Chu-Chu rocket was the very beginning of all of this gaming disaster. With this title, all the spotlights were directed toward RG, because after years of silence, once again they emerged in all the glory with a smash-hit. There was some interest from PC world. The comments were also inevitable - positive and negative ones. A lot of ecstatic reviews but also numerous accusations for hiding software piracy under the emulation label occurred. How do we explain to those PC assholes that these games are written especially for Atari hardware and aren't meant to break any copyright laws. They cannot compute in their narrow minds that games for Atari are mainly made for the fun of creating, for sport, to exploit hardware possibilities. Not for millions of sold copies, not for profits (but I don't think that cash is not helpful at all or not motivating ;]). All I consider is that those PC people are bored to death by constant releases for their platform, are software flooded and cannot experience the happiness even from the smallest things. I bet that the guys that started this war are suffering from complex of small Ryszard (Ryszard its a very cool name in polish, which in English means simply Dick :-]]] ). No-one is listening to them, so they are tormenting the only one guilty party, responsible for all the most devious, immoral acts in the world - active Atarians (very rare specimen). I will not write big FUCK OFF to them, because I don't think that they are reading Falcon030 HardDiskMags hieee, hieee! No-one complains about Dyna Blaster, Arkanoid or Pong clones, they had to choose poor Chu-Chu. Never mind that all of the graphics, music and code was made from the beginning. There is only one solution for those dumb, critical individuals - burn at the stake! As my first intention is to write something about Chu-Chu Rocket, not to carry out a witch-hunt, I finish for good all of these awful personal excursions to spare you eventual torments. Chu-Chu Rocket -------------- The main idea of the game is very simple, but fiendishly addictive. The player guides his mice(chus) into his rockets. The chus move in special manner (simply speaking they go in the opposite direction that you want ;)). The player (should be named director) leaves the arrows with directions on the floor. On the way to the rocket there are several kinds of obstacles: walls which change direction of chu's movement, holes (chu's fall in to never be seen again) and kapu's (very cute and hungry cats which will eat your chu's in every occasion. Try to let such a kapu into the rocket, not especially yours...). The very strong point of this game is it's multiplayer modes. Up to four players can take part using various controls: the more traditional keyboard, mouse and joystick, the little less traditional jagpads and very exotic ones like team taps (a device that, as far I know, lets you connecting additional joysticks to your ST - very useful for ending good, old friendships in Dyna Blaster or it's clone Dyna Busters+). There are two modes of multiplayer game. In the 4p battle mode, all the players are set against each other. If you don't have enough friends, the computer can simulate them for you. The rest is easy: you must guide chu's to your rocket and make a lot of awful things happen to your opponents, such as: stealing chu's from them or even directing them into holes, guiding kapu's into their rockets (the result will be a drastic loss of chu's population in a given rocket) etc. The winner is he who gathers the greatest number of chu's into his rocket. Additionally there are two extra kinds of chu's: the gold one (worth 50 normal chus) and purple one (which triggers and distributes random, disastrous events onto your opponents). You will need wits and lightning fast reflexes to eliminate your opponents. For me - mass murder (poor little chus :/). Yes, yes! You have noticed the tear in my eye, Saulot is an ordinary human and can be merciful sometimes, you know? The second multiplayer mode allows four players to split up into two teams. Each team is set against each other and herds as many chu's as possible to their rockets. The details of this 2 vs 2 battle are the same for 4p battle. If you don't like multiplayer modes then there are three choices left: quit, choose puzzle mode or stage challenge. I will not describe the first choice, because everyone knows what is all about. The puzzle mode, in comparison to earlier described playmodes, is for thinkers, philosophers and the similar lot. The player is presented with a ready made set of screens with differently arranged obstacles. The main objective is as usual: guide chus to the rocket, but this time we have a limited amount of arrows and we arrange them on screen to meet the main objective. It looks like this: you choose the screen from the available set where you see all the obstacles, your rocket and chus starting point. On a completely static screen, you set up the arrows and after everything is ready you push everything into motion with one button. Something went wrong? Restart, restart, restart... After completing one set of stages (a level), the next set is unlocked. And so on. Anyone who finishes all puzzle levels is rewarded with a so called secret bonus. The stage challenge mode is similar, but here you must complete the stages in a different way. Three secs to take a look at screen before everything starts moving isn't much, so it's better to be quick than dead. You don't have a limited set of arrows and you are able to place three different arrows at one time like in 4p battle mode. There is the possibility (and it is even recommended) to join forces with another player. Of course in the end the bonus awaits. Double Juggle Vegetabobble -------------------------- This kind of game I call simply "play-and-forget". Corresponding to the readme file it was coded in 24 hours during a Special Easter RG Gathering. You command an Arnold Schwarzenegger like ;) individual and you struggle to keep all the flying balls in the air. No fireworks this time, no sophisticated controls - only left and right. The overall concept of the game is based on a small, pocket, black&white electronic game. For me a total waste of time and energy, but if someone likes it then ok... Only for people with erm... balls. By the way, how do you expect more from a juggling simulator ;)? As far I remember Easter was some kind of good season for juggling, don't you think? There was some other juggling sim. Naah, skip it... The only light in this production I see is in the intro-story. Godpey ------ The peak of gaming mayhem which eventually consumed everyone: children, elders, nerds, pregnant women, boys and girls. Even the whole demoscene wasn't spared. All that were dragged into this unhealthy addiction were only interested in gaining experience points, getting the higher and higher scores, etc. That could explain the lack of other releases ;]. My STE was taken over for several days by my girlfriend, who normally wouldn't touch any computer at all, even with a long stick. I think that I recommended it enough. Godpey is a conversion of a Gunpey from the Wonderswan console. The basic principle is that you are presented with a grid of 5 columns and 10 rows. You control the cursor which occupies two vertical cells of the grid. On the bottom of the grid the fragments of line show up and the whole grid scrolls one row at time. The task of the player is to arrange fragments that appear into a horizontal line. If everything was done correctly, the whole line will disappear, increasing your score. The more twisted the line is, the more points you receive. Additional bonus is added for clearing the whole grid from unwanted line elements. There are nine levels of experience. By gaining experience not only new playmodes are unlocked, but also special features like jukebox or additional characters (which tell you with their current face expressione how your accomplishments are). Each level is named from a vegetable your character is adorned with. If you remember the slogan promoting this game "Wear it on your head" then you should know what I'm talking about. There are several game modes: Practice -Here you can train to natural death, without the pain that you can loose. Normal -Nearly everything is as it is in practice, but here you can be beaten. The scrolling of the grid gets faster during play. Stage -The game is divided into stages. To complete each stage you have to clear a given number of lines. Time -You have to clear as many lines as you can before the end of the countdown. Puzzle -Here you can sit down, relax, get something to drink. amd think for a while. The grid doesn't move at all and you have only to assemble a single line from all the given elements. Story -Is a mix of all playmodes mentioned above, but your main enemy is your grey box (in most cases ;]). Before each stage you are presented with some vegetable robbers and a story behind it. Great stuff, but I have to question if someone has managed to finish all this stuff? Most of the playmodes are available for 1&2 players (without practice and story mode). So, as you see, pure fun! Excellent gameplay, graphics, sfx and music. Super Fly --------- In a very short time, the author of this text was forced to gain a submarine driving (maybe diving?) licence.To this moment I cannot get rid of this nervous thumbnail tick syndrome (thatÆs from pressing SPACE). Erm, should I call a doctor? Super Fly is a really nerve-wrecking experience (especially for me). The idea, as usual, is very simple. You have your vehicle (submarine at good start) and you are head to the right side of the screen into something similar to a tunnel and constantly avoid obstacles. The tunnel sometimes gets wider or narrower. All those nasty obstacles are randomly generated, so each time the feeling of a wild ride is very unique. There is only one control: SPACE or another FIRE. By pressing space or a fire button, you turn on your engines and your vehicle goes up. If you don't hold it you simply lose speed and you go down. (very strong underwater gravity?). There are several gaming modes. At the very start only one is available. During play you gain experience and subsequent stages are activated. The game contains several bonuses like jukebox with all the Msg tunes from the game, picture gallery (containing some unreleased screens and gfx) and additional options. They are unlocked after getting a fixed number of experience points or if player fills the 10 entries in the highscore table of the given stage with his own scores (the pictures in the gallery). When I played a couple of games I thought that the number of experience points needed for unlocking the next stages was a bit too high.I understood everything when I reached the story mode (something about 7000 exp). To do anything (to rescue your girlfriend from the dirty hands of dr.Evil) in story mode you have to be a perfect submarine commander and exercise in earlier stages is vital. The play modes are as follows: Freeflight - you go onward with your subby as long as you can (usually to the first obstacle you meet). To the limit! Starsearch - you have three lives and you have to compete stages. To complete each stage you have to collect given number of stars. Stage - like in earlier playmodes, you have three lives. You complete different stages by passing given distances. The higher the stage is, the greater the distance. Hunter - you hunt for stars. Collect as any as you can before you crash. Story - here you set the trip to the moon to free your girlfriend from the hands of dr.Evil. It's a mix of all gaming modes mentioned above. You will receive different vehicles (submarine = seasick) to complete your task. (You expected to reach the moon with a submarine? ). Before each stage you are presented with cute pics showing snapshots of the story. Of course to watch all the snapshots you have to finish all stages (very hard task, because there is no save mode or passwords). During play you can hear music which doesn't drive you mad, is adequate for the type of game and even helps during play (rare). The sprites of vehicles are very cute and are beautifully animated. (I liked the helicopter a lot and those circles behind the subby are great!). Additionally you have an access to a statistic screen where you can see the number of games played, the total distance you passed during game and several highscore tables. One more feature I liked a lot is that you are able to watch instant replay after your crash-test or eventual completion of the stage. There could be one feature which is missing. I think that it could break a little of the monotony of the early stages if there was a possibility to choose other vehicles and to grab some other driving, diving and flying licenses. -- - --- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- CHOSNECK team contact us: growin' up with atari community greymsb@poczta.fm ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- - --- ---- </frame> </body>