Blastopia DX
shoot'em up game for Commodore 64, 2019
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THE STORY SO FAR
It is the year 2092. Sightings of an alien ship was discovered. Scientists set
their communication satellites to welcome the alien kind and offered to trade
with the aliens. Unfortunately, humans and aliens didn't understand each
other, so the aliens hovered down and captured camels from zoos and farms
around the world. Then they fled into different planets. Luckily, scientists
were watching and contacted the Inter Space Rescue (ISR) authority.
Unfortunately, you have been chosen by the Inter Space Rescue (ISR) authority
to set off into deep space and enter each of the 8 alien planets on a rescue
and destroy mission.
PLAYING THE GAME
Your mission is to send your mega power blaster ship, Blastopia and try to
destroy all of the alien planets. In order to do this, you must battle
against a complete fleet of assorted aliens. Each alien can be destroyed with
one hit of your lasers. The faster aliens shot will result in more points for
you. For every complete fleet of aliens hit, a camel will appear and start
falling. Pick the camel up, and you will add one camel to the quota. If you
fail rescue it, you still can keep on shooting the fleet of aliens until you
have enough camels. Once you have rescued all of the camels you required, you
will be prompted to make a safe landing. After you successfully land on to
the landing pad,. You will destroy the alien world and then be awarded a
bonus, according to your shield count. Do not crash into any aliens or
scrolling background or get frazzled by the laser gates - otherwise you could
end up draining your shield quickly. Once the shield is zeroed, your ship
will self-destruct. You will only have 3 lives. Bonus lives will be awarded
for every level that has been completed. You will need those, as each stage
will eventually become more tougher and possibly insane. Can you rescue
enough camels, land safely and destroy all of the alien planets or will death
become a fate for you?
CONTROLS
Joystick in port 2
CONTROL: Pause game
RESTORE: Abort current game and return to the title screen.
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F10] - toggle performance meter
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)