Poobik The Hare
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NEBULUS also known as Tower Toppler/Castelian on various other systems
available on
Amstrad CPC, C64, Speccy, Atari 8bit, Gameboy, NES and Atari ST
One of the best (and cutest) platform games ever made for any retro system and looking even better with it's appearance on the GP32 through use of an emu (amstrad in this case). but available on many systems and should be available on your emu of choice.
Nebulus places you in the roll of Pogo, who's task it is to destroy 8 towers by reaching the top of each one, thus triggering them to collapse. Naturally, you can't just swan up the towers and various obstacle are thrown your way by means of disappearing platforms, enemies you have to shoot or jump over and a level timer. after beating a level you will go to a bonus level in which you enter a sub and sale to the next tower, shooting and collecting fish along the way to earn extra lives (the Spectrum & Amstrad versions don't have the bonus level).
Reaching the top of each tower is made harder in that the game has a convincing rotational 3D scroll effect (a great feat of programming for its time) that allows you to travel around and up the tower, entering and exiting various doors to emerge at different parts of the tower smoothly without ever going to the edge of the screen.
The game has ever more devilish puzzles with speed being of the essence due to the on-screen counter counting down incessantly and you will find a high feeling of suspense, as you can't tell what you'll encounter round the next spiral turn.
The enemies/obstacles consist of flashing blocks and bouncing balls (with some balls only being momentarily stunned) to name a few, that can be zapped to add points.
Overall, Nebulus has little to fault, although clambering back to the top when you have tumbled from a peak can be tiresome. Otherwise, Nebulus is a fun game with an original approach to the platform genre, a classic, that has stood the test of time.
available on
Amstrad CPC, C64, Speccy, Atari 8bit, Gameboy, NES and Atari ST
One of the best (and cutest) platform games ever made for any retro system and looking even better with it's appearance on the GP32 through use of an emu (amstrad in this case). but available on many systems and should be available on your emu of choice.
Nebulus places you in the roll of Pogo, who's task it is to destroy 8 towers by reaching the top of each one, thus triggering them to collapse. Naturally, you can't just swan up the towers and various obstacle are thrown your way by means of disappearing platforms, enemies you have to shoot or jump over and a level timer. after beating a level you will go to a bonus level in which you enter a sub and sale to the next tower, shooting and collecting fish along the way to earn extra lives (the Spectrum & Amstrad versions don't have the bonus level).
Reaching the top of each tower is made harder in that the game has a convincing rotational 3D scroll effect (a great feat of programming for its time) that allows you to travel around and up the tower, entering and exiting various doors to emerge at different parts of the tower smoothly without ever going to the edge of the screen.
The game has ever more devilish puzzles with speed being of the essence due to the on-screen counter counting down incessantly and you will find a high feeling of suspense, as you can't tell what you'll encounter round the next spiral turn.
The enemies/obstacles consist of flashing blocks and bouncing balls (with some balls only being momentarily stunned) to name a few, that can be zapped to add points.
Overall, Nebulus has little to fault, although clambering back to the top when you have tumbled from a peak can be tiresome. Otherwise, Nebulus is a fun game with an original approach to the platform genre, a classic, that has stood the test of time.
