Poobik The Hare
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Rainbow Walker, is a very imagaginative take on the Q*Bert type of game.
your quest is to replace the missing colors of a rainbow and using your magic shoes, you must restore the colors (piecemeal) by hopping from square to square on a monochrome rainbow. Wherever you land your character (Cedrick), you will leave a patch of color. in doing so the rainbow will be brung back to its original colors.
C64
unfortunately, life is not so easy and you will find various villans arriving to undo our hero's work by endevouring to land on the colured squares and changing the color back to it's bland monochromatic state.
using the stick allows you to make Cedrick hop in eight directions, while pressing the fire button, allows for Giant steps (two-square). if & when you color an entire rainbow you will advance to the next level. The game has some 20 levels (each progressively harder), with a surprise if you make it to the top level.
naturally, as you move up the levels, the rainbow shapes become more complex, and new, more aggressive antagonists appear. Fortunately, after each round you can supplement your stock of extra lives by playing the bonus screen, a set of three squares that move first slowly, then faster and faster. your task is to keep Cedrick on the squares, and the longer you last, the more lives you earn.
The rainbow is shown in unique perspective, cutting the horizontal plane at the bottom of the screen and arching back to the horizon. This is a three-quarter look down at the bow's floor-like tiles. should you reach the edge of the screen (front or back) then the tiles scroll and those just out of sight come into view.
Atari
Rainbow Walker's sound complements the game without becoming obnoxious, with many sound effects well meshed into the action.
The game has ample action and surprises, making it challenging to even the most sophisticated retro game player and being able to play it on a GP32 brings new life to a game that is so well suited to a handheld. for some, the game will be difficult to play at first, but if your any good at Q*Bert, you should have no real problem playing this gem of a game.
so if your looking for gold, give this game a try, you just might find some at the end of this rainbow
P.S.
if you like the game, also try....
Slinky
Pharaoh's Pyramid
Pogo Joe
and the classix Flip & Flop
your quest is to replace the missing colors of a rainbow and using your magic shoes, you must restore the colors (piecemeal) by hopping from square to square on a monochrome rainbow. Wherever you land your character (Cedrick), you will leave a patch of color. in doing so the rainbow will be brung back to its original colors.
unfortunately, life is not so easy and you will find various villans arriving to undo our hero's work by endevouring to land on the colured squares and changing the color back to it's bland monochromatic state.
using the stick allows you to make Cedrick hop in eight directions, while pressing the fire button, allows for Giant steps (two-square). if & when you color an entire rainbow you will advance to the next level. The game has some 20 levels (each progressively harder), with a surprise if you make it to the top level.
naturally, as you move up the levels, the rainbow shapes become more complex, and new, more aggressive antagonists appear. Fortunately, after each round you can supplement your stock of extra lives by playing the bonus screen, a set of three squares that move first slowly, then faster and faster. your task is to keep Cedrick on the squares, and the longer you last, the more lives you earn.
The rainbow is shown in unique perspective, cutting the horizontal plane at the bottom of the screen and arching back to the horizon. This is a three-quarter look down at the bow's floor-like tiles. should you reach the edge of the screen (front or back) then the tiles scroll and those just out of sight come into view.
Rainbow Walker's sound complements the game without becoming obnoxious, with many sound effects well meshed into the action.
The game has ample action and surprises, making it challenging to even the most sophisticated retro game player and being able to play it on a GP32 brings new life to a game that is so well suited to a handheld. for some, the game will be difficult to play at first, but if your any good at Q*Bert, you should have no real problem playing this gem of a game.
so if your looking for gold, give this game a try, you just might find some at the end of this rainbow
P.S.
if you like the game, also try....
Slinky
