Climbers of Fortune 2.2Mb
If you like games with blood and gore, you might like this one! I posted Super Sawman of a similar genre in week 112 Here and likewise this one has some good ratings! Participate in the most violent TV - gameshow ever - "Climbers of Fortune"!
COF is the next step in TV-Entertainment after Big Br*ther. You play as a "Defender" (a special kind government official) who has to defend a wall against incoming "Climbers" (volunteers hoping for free medical attention).
In the near future Goreg Copse, the president of the Unified Confederations discovered that abolishing all kinds of social (and medical) institutions would enable him to build more nuclear missiles which he ‘needed’ to defend the civilized world. But the poorer part of the population was given one chance to get medical attention by participating (and surviving) in the public TV show "Climbers of Fortune".
COF is a fast-paced 2D-Action game, linking classical gameplay from games such as "Quasimodo" (C64) or "Ork Attack" (Amiga) with a modern context (reality-TV and U.S. host culture). It combines easy gameplay with beefy sound effects and 57 classical C64 tunes in a truly nostalgical retro-rush!
You take the role of a defender, who works for the channel. Your job is to keep the climbers from reaching the top of your wall, by throwing metal balls and by using your trusty old chainsaw . . .
To do this you pick up and throw metal balls which are dispensed on either side by two magazines at the top of the wall. If a climber reaches the top of the wall you have one last chance, to slash him with your chainsaw. You can only request the chainsaw once in a level and only if you're not currently holding a ball. If a climber reaches your position without being killed he'll hack you with his axe (standard issue equipment (!), for every Climber). If several climbers surmount the wall, they’ll all attack you! You try to complete a level by killing all Climbers. With each new level there will be more and faster climbers coming in shorter intervals. There are infinitely many levels, you continue until you get defeated! Oh , . . . and if you’re lucky there are smartbombs to use that dispense balls from the ceiling, killing all climbers that are on-screen at the time.
COF can be played with up to 3 players at a time, and that's what is most fun about it!
A game will take no more than 10minutes, so COF is particularly suited to be played during recreative (COFfee?!) breaks in your working time ;-)
In the first 6 levels of each game a fixed sequence of tunes is played, from the 7th level and above, random tunes are played from the remaining set (avoiding repetitions).
Two players are supported on the keyboard, third player requires a joystick. Separate highscores are maintained for all 3 game modes (1-3 players). Arrow keys 'L/R' and 'right shift, right ctrl' keys for player 1, 'D and G' keys with 'left shift and left ctrl' for player 2.
Warning contains extreme and gratuitous violence.
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