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- Ark pandora -
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Arc pandora is a game I used
to play quite often back when I first owned a C64 but playing it again now
it seems very different from how I remember it. You play the game of a mercenary
who has been send to an island where you are to stay until your sentence
is complete however the island is suddenly overrun with strange cultists
who have now taken over. The regular inhabitants are now prisoners themselves
and in a strange twist of irony you are their only chance to be free again.
The game is basically an action adventure game but it's quite unique compared
to other games like it. There are some distinct adventuring elements like
finding items that you will need to open objects or free prisoners. You
start the game with nothing but the clothes on your back but luckily there
is a bar on the interface that will tell you if there is anything of interest
in the current location to pick up. You can then switch from controlling
your character to the part where you can manipulate and pick up objects.
Apart from objects you can also view information on where you are and you
can move to other locations, you have to be standing on the correct side
of the screen if you want to go left or right but if the interface shows
you can move up or down you can do that anywhere on the screen. When you've
picked up a weapon you are better equipped to start exploring the island
and you will need the weapon because it's filled with hostiles. After disposing
of any enemies you can then pick up any items of interest and maybe free
one of the villagers if you have the proper equipment. The ultimate goal
is to free all the captured people and defeat the evil cultists.
Like so many older computer games the story doesn't really make much sense
but the game itself is quite interesting. The adventuring elements are not
too difficult as most of the puzzles seem to be centered around collecting
the proper item and using it on the right screen. There are however problems
with the interface and it's far from user friendly as you will have to switch
between controlling the character and the other interface. The interface
itself doesn't have too many options but the usage of items can be a pain
at times but this is not the main problem. When fighting your main weapon
will be a disc that you throw however there is no real way of throwing it
without jumping at the same time thus often making you hit the enemy with
your body and losing precious energy. As you don't have extra lives or anything
this can be a real pain and makes the game less playable than it could have
been. Because of this I suggest you check out the game for yourself and
see if you can live with the interface problems because other than that
I think the game is great.
Overal rating: 7/10
Erde Kaiser
Ark pandora was released for one system here are some notes:
| C64 |
Released
in 1986.
Ingame there are a couple of keys you can use to speed up the slow
interface such as U for use and P for pick up. Also the F1-F7 keys
can be used to bring up the menu. |
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Date added |
Jan-24-2006 14:43 |
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Name |
Ark pandora |
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Developer |
Rino marketing
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Publisher |
Rino marketing
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First released |
1986 |
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Genre |
Action
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Download |
Commodore 64, filesize: 49 Kb
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Manual |
Download manual for Ark pandora
, filesize: 306 Kb
This is the scanned manual. |
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Solve / Docs |
No solve available
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