They said it couldn't be done!
They said it shouldn't be done!
They said "Eh? Who's this 'they' he keeps going on about? We didn't say that!"
They said "Oh, we did say that, though... Now we're confused! :s"
2000AD comic's Sam Slade Robo-Hunter has returned in a brand new, totally unofficial game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum!
The 'C' stands for 'Christmas', 'Crackers' and 'Computer Code'!
PLOT & OBJECTIVEOh, we need a plot, do we? ...Erm... Give me a minute...
Okay, how about this...
It's Christmas and
Sam Slade's faithful robot assistants
Hoagy and
Stogie have bought him a state of the art
Virtual Reality system, (the
ZX Ripovotron 3000), bundled with a brand new game entitled "
Escape From The Planet of The Robot Robo-Hunter Hunters". The clueless duo believe that they've purchased a bargain, having obtained the system for a fraction of the recommended retail price from a mysterious figure on the street. Little do they know that the game is actually a
trap devised by an evil, self proclaimed cyborg tech-genius known as
Noel Skum.
Having slowly become more and more
roboticised while also becoming increasingly involved in a number of dodgy dealings and nefarious schemes, Noel believes it is only a matter of time before he ends up on Sam Slade's bounty-hunting radar and has decided to pre-empt such an eventuality.
When Sam puts on the VR headset he immediately becomes trapped within the virtual world and must fight for his life for real. Eventually realising what has happened, Stogie patches Hoagy into the system in an attempt to assist Sam, but Hoagy's inferior AI fragments, causing the robot to appear in-game in a number of locations as a levitating head and also have some of his memories manifest, such as that of Sam's Robo-Meter, Cutie.
It transpires that Noel Skum has also patched himself into the system remotely, in order to direct the game's virtual droids and generally keep an eye on things. To escape from the digital realm, Sam must search for and defeat Noel's robotic avatar, thus completing the game and destroying Noel in both worlds.
CONTROLSUp - Move forward
Left + Right - Rotate
Down - Fire
Fire - Jump
A - Quit game
ALT and F4 - Exit bundled emulator
Note : Exiting and re-entering a room resets it.
Zip file includes the instructions and mock inlay shown above, tzx, tap, z80 and sna files, PLUS a version you can run straight away without setting anything up! Just extract the files, click on "Sam Slade.bat", (or "Slade.exe" in the 'PC' folder), and you'll be up and running. You can even use your favourite control pad by selecting 'Kempston' from the options.
Sam Slade Robo-Hunter is a completely unofficial, not-for-profit fan-game by Malcolm Kirk.
Robo-Hunter™ Rebellion A/S, © Rebellion A/S.
SPECIAL BONUS PROGRAM INCLUDED!
Blockmania : A list of cheats and pokes for 2000 AD ZX Spectrum games!
My previous 2000 AD related ZX Spectrum games are available to download from the following links...
