I used to play this, loved it, but it was very hard. Getting the jumps right with arrows firing at you was very hard and frustrating. Yeah I reckon if a gamer of today was to play this game they would find it hard to complete. I struggled for hours trying to get to see that dragon. Remember Sim, where you fly around in a jet pack... that was great too but also hard.
Jesus H this was a maddening game. I loved it to death though but never progressed too far. As a kid I remember the magazine "Micro User" showed all the screens - I think I had seen barely a tenth of them. It could have been a classic but it's very much in the niche arena. To echo previous comments it was infuriating difficult to time all the jumps. I do remember bashing the "Break" key quite a few times on my Beeb as, once again, I failed miserably.
Anybody have the controls? I jst found my old tape of this but no instructions I can remember left,right and up and down but cant remember how to pick up or shoot.
I'd like to take some kid from today who reckons they're a really great gamer, sit them in front of this, and tell them "right, this is an old 2D, 8-bit game from 24 years ago, with a small playing area and very simple controls. Let's see you finish it".
LOVE this game! How did you get such an old game from an old BBC Micro on YouTube? I still have my BBC Micro and all the olf games - this one, Moonraider, Stryker's Run, Death Star....shame the BBC smoked last time I switched it on!
This thing sure needed a cheat, it required such pixel perfect jumps, and even then that was no garantee. In the caverns beneath the suface it was really hit and miss. A shame, 'cos it had the elements of being a really good game.
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I used to play this, loved it, but it was very hard. Getting the jumps right with arrows firing at you was very hard and frustrating. Yeah I reckon if a gamer of today was to play this game they would find it hard to complete. I struggled for hours trying to get to see that dragon. Remember Sim, where you fly around in a jet pack... that was great too but also hard.
davidcourtney1 8 months ago
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davidcourtney1 8 months ago
Prior to seeing this I believed Atic Atac was the best looking game on the Beeb
Pablos544 8 months ago
ahh I loved this game but it was SOOOO hard!
hewey999 1 year ago
Jesus H this was a maddening game. I loved it to death though but never progressed too far. As a kid I remember the magazine "Micro User" showed all the screens - I think I had seen barely a tenth of them. It could have been a classic but it's very much in the niche arena. To echo previous comments it was infuriating difficult to time all the jumps. I do remember bashing the "Break" key quite a few times on my Beeb as, once again, I failed miserably.
Is this available on an emulator?
monkeyclanger 2 years ago
Anybody have the controls? I jst found my old tape of this but no instructions I can remember left,right and up and down but cant remember how to pick up or shoot.
asavage97 2 years ago
z left x right ' up / down space jump or return!!!
ajhomryder 2 years ago
I'd like to take some kid from today who reckons they're a really great gamer, sit them in front of this, and tell them "right, this is an old 2D, 8-bit game from 24 years ago, with a small playing area and very simple controls. Let's see you finish it".
UncleFeedle 2 years ago
LOVE this game! How did you get such an old game from an old BBC Micro on YouTube? I still have my BBC Micro and all the olf games - this one, Moonraider, Stryker's Run, Death Star....shame the BBC smoked last time I switched it on!
jo979 3 years ago
Anyone know what key to press to get the scroll? I've never had the instructions!
pmesmeralda4 4 years ago
this game re-invented the terms "PIXEL PERFECT" and "HARDCORE GAMER". it virtually impossible to progress a single screen without cheating
red456x 4 years ago
I remember this one - another one of those infuriating BBC micro games that was almost near impossible.
cheffrey82 4 years ago
heh I gave up on that one, it hurt too much.
Cactiphile 4 years ago
I was hoping to see the end of game dragon.
smation 4 years ago
This thing sure needed a cheat, it required such pixel perfect jumps, and even then that was no garantee. In the caverns beneath the suface it was really hit and miss. A shame, 'cos it had the elements of being a really good game.
JayFirestorm 4 years ago