The A-Z of Atari ST Games: Volume 1 by Kieren Hawken

Author:Kieren Hawken
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Video Games, Retro Gaming, Atari, Home Computer, Vintage Gaming, Classic Gaming, Computing, 16bit, Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Atari TT, Atari STe, Mega ST
ISBN: 9781785387005
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2017-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

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Nebulus

Hewson - 1988

This game is also known as Tower Toppler on the Atari 7800 and as Castelian on the Nintendo systems, so if you don’t immediately recognise the name you might now! However Nebulus is the original title of this best selling platformer that wowed audiences upon its release. In this title you control this deformed little man as you try to get to the top of a series of towers. You do this by using combination of lifts, doors and pixel accurate jumping. The most unique, and for that matter incredibly impressive, feature of Nebulus is that the tower actually rotates as you move round it, giving one of the most stunning 3D effects I have seen in an Atari ST platform game. This is not the only impressive graphical effect though as the reflections in the water at the bottom of each tower look amazing too. The tower is also inhabited by lots of different monsters who are trying to stop you, hit one and they knock you back down the tower. Did I also forget to mention you must complete each tower within a time limit? Between each level there is also a great mini-game where you control a submarine shooting at the monsters, even more impressive visuals here with loads of smooth parallax scrolling. As much as I wanted to love this game, because it really is a great technical achievement, I just can’t. Impressive as it might be, especially in the visual department, I just find Nebulus far too hard, too frustrating and far too annoying to gain any enjoyment out of it. Fans of platformers may want to take a look at this though, but make sure you have plenty of patience at hand!

6/10

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