XrickDS 1.5

XrickDS 1.5

May 17th, 2008, 15:56 Posted By: wraggster

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I still remember the cinema where I saw the first film of the series in the early 80's, I was still young (if so) and it was the first time I saw such a film where the hero gets traps, but everything is still doing whenever, in short, the James Bond of archaeology!

Also in this period after the last episode of Indiana Jones, I just had to tell you about this game, named Rick Dangerous, which was a kind of bomb when it was released. This game, well known for its extreme difficulty, especially in the second level, has been adapted on many machines.

The video game was developed by Core Design and published by Rainbird Software in 1989. It is in fact the first real success of Core Design (you know, they did Lara Croft then), adapted to the machinery of the time: 500 Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, the PC and the ZX Spectrum.
The game has acquired a cult status and many versions amateurs whose xrick from which GPF made the DS version, have emerged thereafter (there is even a Flash version and a PC version of the game in 32Ko o_O).

xrick DS 1.5

Sheet
Name: xrickDS
Author: Troy Davis (GPF)
Genre: Arcade
Released: 26/09/2006
Price: 0 €
Sources: YES
Multi: NO
Saves: NO
Official Site: xrick
Site of the author: GPF `s Development Site

Principle of the game and installation

It is a game platforms graphic "cartoon" in which the player Rick Dangerous, short Indiana Jones in search of the lost tribe of Goolus in the Amazon. But his plane crashed, and that is where the game begins. The action takes place in 1945.
Some say that the game was inspired by a game developed on Apple] [, appointed Aztek, Thursday exploration level, as Rick Dangerous, in the same universe bush, Inca and other

There is broad levels 4 to pass:
1. South America
2. Egypt
3. Schwarzendumpf Castle
4. Missile Base

The player moves with the pad and uses the key FIRE + + Fire Up or Down to, respectively, shoot or put a dynamite. One difficulty of the game is just to understand this key combination, in order not to unnecessarily lose ammunition. But once the keys well treated, it is a flawless gameplay, which allows to move our hero!

Audio-Visual
It's very nice, the graphics are colourful. It is just a shame that the palette used in this DS version is a bit dull (but I would reserve a surprise at the end of this test.

The adaptation DS did not suffer too unlike screen compared to the PC (320x200) because you have to know that the game was centered for use only 256x200 resolution, in short, almost resolution the DS.

The tunes are rippées compared to the original versions and are therefore quite good, although its 8-bit mono.

Conclusion

Rick Dangerous is a great arcade game / exploration you scotchera hours in front of your DS. Like many soft at the time, is a drug when you start to play because you always want to see, explore and arrive at the end.
The graphics, style comics, are very pleasant and the music, my faith, very nice for the time.
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