Tunnels of Armageddon description
Arcade a masterpiece of local scale in terms of complexity.
The story here is, and it, admittedly, I was even a little surprised. One day in the distant future on Earth the alien ship arrives. No war starts, because it's just not necessary: it turns out millions of years ago aliens have visited our planet and laid in the depths of a huge bomb, which can detonate at any time (why is not specified). But whether these aliens are sadists, or "aesthetes" - hard to say, but they offer doomed, it would seem, the world output: the aliens are ready to show the entrance to unknown people the tunnels of the depths of their home planet, which you can get to the place where the bomb and defuse it. It can make only the most experienced pilot of the special "underground" of the ship (I hope you already knew who will play his role). But all this – on one condition: in these same tunnels run the alien ships that will disturb him...
About the story was told not just because of the above delirium is one very important detail of the gameplay, which appeared in the first sentence of this review. The aliens agreed to show you the ENTRANCE to the tunnels. Only. Any cards not given. And tunnels they are just incredible, I tell you, a maze... And the card draw once and even just impossible: flying almost non-stop (control is far from simulator, but still very much arcade is not one of them), it is necessary to constantly monitor so as not to fight against the walls of the tunnels (armored vehicle we have, and a certain number of blows he can withstand, but not more), and often suddenly, more enemies show up...
The matter is further complicated by the graphic display of this. The control panel is drawn perfectly, but the tunnels Each tunnel has a color blue, red, green, and so on. This means that the tunnel will have no other color. To fly forward, seeing only one blue (for example) square - is quite hard. And even when somewhere far away (like) loomed out, very often, first, it is unclear how many days he has left to fly, and secondly- what awaits behind this release.
Very difficult to play: the process affects the nerves, but you can play almost endlessly: even if you find a bomb then you can choose "free game" (but only after you complete the main mission) and indefinitely to fly through these tunnels, destroying enemies... But the fun is highly questionable and will approach unless for psychiatric patients.
But the game itself is, as such, deserves attention: pass it will be able not everyone. Maybe she even develops a bit of topographical memory. The highest score gets, of course, but the high rating is quite. Fans of "hardcore" of music should be like.
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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com