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- P E N G U I N S
- For the C-64
- by Cleveland M. Blakemore
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- Penguins is a fast action arcade
- game with interrupt driven music and
- 24 (count 'em, 24) active sprites
- moving during gameplay.
-
- The object is to get the poor
- penguin at the bottom of the screen to
- one of the ice caverns at the top. You
- have to cross two streams full of
- killer whales and get past a sniffing
- arctic wolverine who is looking for a
- few drumsticks for dinner. You also
- have to avoid the cave with the polar
- bear inside once you get to the top of
- the screen - you can tell which one is
- occupied by the set of red eyes
- inside.
-
- With a joystick plugged into Port
- 2, you can move the penguin in all
- directions as long as he is standing
- on one of the three snowbanks. When he
- is in the water, however, he will
- coast forward unless you pull back on
- the stick to bring him to a dead stop.
-
- There are safe ice floes at
- intermittent intervals between the
- killer whales, and when you are
- touching one you will stop coasting.
- It is possible for you to cling to one
- of these until you pass close enough
- to a cavern to swim off.
-
- Score is determined by the green
- bar just below the ice caverns. It
- gradually turns red from right to
- left, showing you how much bonus score
- is left before time runs out. When
- time runs out, you receive no bonus
- score upon entering one of the
- caverns.
-
- Bonus score varies from 100 points
- to 3900 points, depending on how long
- it takes you to get across the screen
- to the safety of the caves.
-
- When you enter an ice cave, you
- must avoid the razor-sharp icicles on
- either side of the entry walls to get
- inside safely. If you enter a cave
- touching one of the icicles, or there
- is a polar bear inside when you enter,
- your little penguin will sprout angel
- wings and float off the screen.
-
- If you enter safely, a victory
- fanfare plays, the penguin jumps for
- joy, and a new penguin is positioned
- at the bottom of the screen. Each time
- you enter a cave safeIy, the game
- picks up the speed a little.
-
- You have three penguins per game,
- denoted by the three check marks on
- the bar at the bottom of the screen.
- To start a new game, hit f1.
-
- My high score so far is 24000+. It
- gets pretty hard after about eight
- penguins, because the wolverine and
- the killer whales really start
- hustling.
-
- The interrupt divides the screen
- into three different colors, moves the
- three separate groups of killer
- whales, and propels the wolverine
- along the snowbank, along with
- updating the musical theme.
-
- I hope you take the time to type
- in Penguins - it is a nice inexpensive
- addition to your game library.
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- CMB
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