Dynamite Dan II
Dynamite Dan 2, full title Dynamite Dan 2: Dr. flashes and the Islands of Arcanum, is a Jump 'n' Run video game in side view ( Platformer ), which developed in 1986 by Mirror Soft and for the 8 - bit home computer systems Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum was sold.
Action
Dr. flashes, antagonist of the previous game Dynamite Dan has acted again plans for world domination. This time he has built and from where it supplies the youth of the world with records that are provided with subliminal messages, which gradually destroy the brains of young people his headquarters on the eight Islands of Arcanum ( Arcanum Islands). The player needs to be a protagonist Dynamite Dan again make lightning on the hunt for Dr., visit all eight islands and eventually cripple the plate stamping plant.
Technology
The game world consists of eight unconnected islands, each consisting of 24 large rooms and screen are shown from the side in 2D. In each room there are opponents, which can not touch the player while moving through the rooms as it will lose energy. By jumping or falling from a great height to one also loses energy. If free energy to zero, the game is over. By collecting certain objects, the energy level can be increased again. Compared with the first part, there are some extensions of the gameplay. So bombs can be collected, with those obstacles can be blown off, one -to-find, special sunglasses protect you against Dr. flashing laser beams, and to fly his airship to the next island, may have to pick up Dynamite Dan enough fuel. Each island is graphically placed under a common theme, for example, recalls an island to a Chinese pagoda, a Greek to a temple and one at a factory.
Reception
The Crash Magazine praised sound, graphics and the overall gameplay that was significantly more motivating than the predecessor, and awarded 93%. Your Sinclair was, the game is addictive, and awarded 9 out of 10. Was generally the game was highly praised, criticized only the tangled story. In the annual ranking in 1986 Dynamite Dan 2 was selected by readers of Crash magazine at the best platformer of the year.