Metal Mutant

Metal Mutant description

“Welcome to Kronox.
The temperature is 35 degrees.”

You find yourself on a planet called Kronox. The place is clearly not from the swamp in which wallow the metal structure, overgrown with mold and rust. The scrap yard, which is slowly absorbed by the swamp. In the distance beyond the swamp, we see the city, there is life: the ships of the land, then take off, the lights glow. But here, at the dump, have a life too. Annoying fly, flying past you, gets into the teeth of the green monster, which looks with interest at you. And there really is something to see.

Under your control is a Metal Mutant is a powerful tool of destruction. You were sent to the planet Kronox to free her from the tyranny of the dictator AROD 7. So what are we give money to the tyrant was defeated? Our robot mutant can be transformed into three forms: cyborg, Dino and tank.

Cyborg – humanoid robot. Able to jump, put a rope (imagine that you are trapped in a bog and began to sink, over you hanging steel design, but can't get in. Will help us the rope we let her, clinging to the rebar and tightened up). From the weapon has an Axe and a Trident, by the way, very dangerous in the right hands. It can be used to communicate with computers, to rebuild their lives.

Dinos – not less useful than a cyborg. When the enemy's coming up and fumbles at his feet, dinos can bite their mechanical jaws. In the swamp many small vermin, so it helps a lot. Of a tail can start a fire. No less useful – you will understand how nice it will be among the hordes of spiders. Well, mouth flames can also be put. From behind may, if desired, to fly a cybernetic mosquito called Cyberstyx 007 and fly into the most inaccessible places.

Tank equipped with radar and torpedo X-44. Moves on tracks. Has the laser, which has five positions for firing. Very useful when you fly from above the crowd of green creatures. It makes no sense to tell you about the flying creatures – you will see them soon enough!

Good Arsenal! However, to access it you will get immediately. On the way to fulfilling your mission – the destruction of AROD 7 - you'll find additional modules for your robot. For example, you could release the rope, you have to find and take the appropriate module.

But the genius of the Silmarils we understand, when we pay attention to graphic design (and its impossible not to notice). The first time I saw Metal Mutant, I've long looked at the monitor. I was amazed at what you can create using 256 colors. Graphic design of the game perfectly. Each game screen can be read as a work of art, you can admire it as a painting. You long to look and find new details that you previously did not notice. The animation is also above all praise. The designers have worked on glory: painting the industrial decadence in the beginning of the game gives way to technological utopia, striking in its scale. The contrast of the industrial landfill at the mercy of nature, which heals his wounds by absorbing the metal structure in the depths of the swamp, entwining their vines and covering them with leaves, and industrial Paradise, high-tech, spotless, neat.

The sound at the Metal Mutant's always stuck with me. It is well designed, at the level of the rest.

However, the idea of the Silmarils was not new. In 1985, the game came out where you could transform into three different forms with unique set of weapons. It was Thexder from Sierra. Hardly worth comparing them: the difference between the two games is 6 years. And of course, the Silmarils had great potential - was able to bring into play all that was intended. So we got one of the best if not the best side-scrolling action in the history of gamedev. One of those games that the gaming industry will always remember.

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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com