Monty on the Run

Monty on the Run is a Jump 'n' Run video game in side view ( Platformer ), which was developed in 1985 by Gremlin Graphics and sold for the then popular 8- bit home computer systems. It is the third part of the Monty Mole games series.

Action

After he was a leader involved in a miners' strike, breaking the miners Monty Mole from the Scudmore Prison from, must flee from the authorities and tried to escape to continental Europe. In typical platformer fashion, the player must go through numerous rooms and jump while avoiding enemies. In addition, it is important to pick up coins and solve some puzzles. The end of the game, so it reaches the player who shows how Monty enters a ferry to France. The fourth installment of the game series, Goodbye Monty, is here.

Technology

On the start screen of the game, the player must select five items from a list of 21, which he then performs during the game itself. At certain points of the game certain items are needed to get ahead. Since the objects are not detailed on the home screen, but only in the manual, this measure provides a copy represents the music of the game comes from Rob Hubbard. The title track was chosen by Skytopia to the " all-time top C64 game tune". The inspiration was the play The Devil's Gallop by Charles Williams.

Reception

Your Spectrum certified that the game dynamics and a high fun factor, three editors awarded each 9 out of 10. Your Sinclair praised graphics and gameplay, criticized unpredictable death by random elements and awarded 81 out of 100. Crash praised the richness of detail and the adventure elements and awarded 94%.

Famicom remake

In 1987, Jaleco a remake of the game for the Famicom Disk System, which was sold only in Japan. The game was called Monty 's Great Heart- pounding Escape (モンティ の ドキドキ 大 脱走, no Doki Doki Dai Monti Dasso ) and content has been changed greatly: A humanoid protagonist must escape a prison, crossing several Mesoamerican temples. The gameplay is reminiscent of Super Mario Bros.. References to the original game consist only of the title and copyright notice on the home screen and from the theme music. The game was never converted to Western systems (NES ).