Forgotten arcade hybrid: Space Invaders + Galaxian with a twist! :D
The Galaxian enemies have learnt some moves and are stealing the shields from Space Invaders to build the word END. The run is over if they complete it* (as you can see in the demo at the end of the video) or if you lose all your lives (like my run).
Here's the interesting part: by the end of the "CHANCE TIME" rounds, you'll be able to reduce the red blocks in the word END as many times as blue blocks remain on your shield, and you'll get points for every one of them. Once you defeat all enemies, the mothership will get closer for you to destroy it. The sooner you hit its weak spot, the more points you'll get for every one of your shields (it starts at 100 and every time the UFO changes its direction the value is reduced by 10).
There's also a neat little detail I didn't notice when I was playing: the remaining enemies are those tiny things on top of the mothership, adding visual depth to the invasion!! XD (and you can see how many there are left before the round ends) ^^
The game is actually quite fun to play (although watching a replay may not be the most entertaining thing ever XD).The only thing I don't like that much is the erratic enemy movements. Sometimes missing too many shots gets under my skin.
0:00 Rounds 1 & 2
2:48 Round 3, CHANCE TIME
3:30 [First UFO]
3:47 Round 4
4:55 Round 5, CHANCE TIME
5:59 Round 6
7:34 Round 7, CHANCE TIME
9:00 Round 8 (Game Over)
9:45 Demo / Attract mode
10:37 [END word complete]
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*this ROM is not perfectly dumped and the "END mechanic" only works during the first loops. After the 3rd loop the game won't end when they complete the word for some reason (but well... you can always let them kill you in that situation to keep it legit). What happens then in that case? This: • The End, Not Ending (e...
I've seen other (older?) ROMs that are way more broken, where the mothership will even disappear at the end of the CHANCE TIME and never come back. So this is not too bad in comparison ;)
There's also another ROM (US Version, published by Stern) where you are on top of the blue shields (so technically they're not shields anymore) and the mothership is some kind of spider. I hate that version, the erratic fast enemies will crash into you a lot unless you stay on the edge of the screen, so annoying.
Негізгі бет The End (1980 Konami) - 7 loops, 30k (1CC) [JP Version]
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