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P E N G U I N S
For the C-64
by Cleveland M. Blakemore
Penguins is a fast action arcade
game with interrupt driven music and
24 (count 'em, 24) active sprites
moving during gameplay.
The object is to get the poor
penguin at the bottom of the screen to
one of the ice caverns at the top. You
have to cross two streams full of
killer whales and get past a sniffing
arctic wolverine who is looking for a
few drumsticks for dinner. You also
have to avoid the cave with the polar
bear inside once you get to the top of
the screen - you can tell which one is
occupied by the set of red eyes
inside.
With a joystick plugged into Port
2, you can move the penguin in all
directions as long as he is standing
on one of the three snowbanks. When he
is in the water, however, he will
coast forward unless you pull back on
the stick to bring him to a dead stop.
There are safe ice floes at
intermittent intervals between the
killer whales, and when you are
touching one you will stop coasting.
It is possible for you to cling to one
of these until you pass close enough
to a cavern to swim off.
Score is determined by the green
bar just below the ice caverns. It
gradually turns red from right to
left, showing you how much bonus score
is left before time runs out. When
time runs out, you receive no bonus
score upon entering one of the
caverns.
Bonus score varies from 100 points
to 3900 points, depending on how long
it takes you to get across the screen
to the safety of the caves.
When you enter an ice cave, you
must avoid the razor-sharp icicles on
either side of the entry walls to get
inside safely. If you enter a cave
touching one of the icicles, or there
is a polar bear inside when you enter,
your little penguin will sprout angel
wings and float off the screen.
If you enter safely, a victory
fanfare plays, the penguin jumps for
joy, and a new penguin is positioned
at the bottom of the screen. Each time
you enter a cave safeIy, the game
picks up the speed a little.
You have three penguins per game,
denoted by the three check marks on
the bar at the bottom of the screen.
To start a new game, hit f1.
My high score so far is 24000+. It
gets pretty hard after about eight
penguins, because the wolverine and
the killer whales really start
hustling.
The interrupt divides the screen
into three different colors, moves the
three separate groups of killer
whales, and propels the wolverine
along the snowbank, along with
updating the musical theme.
I hope you take the time to type
in Penguins - it is a nice inexpensive
addition to your game library.
CMB