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!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!! –This is a run and gun game but on the final level there is also puzzles to solve. The video contains spoilers! Do not watch more than the first 7 minutes (level 1-3) if you have not tried to play the game! Download link is at the end of this text.

INTRODUCTION:
You and your twin brother are part of an elite special service unit on a top secret mission. Suddenly, a hellish void opens up and entices him through... now you're under attack from strange creatures and must fight to survive in the hope of finding him!

REVIEW:
As the highly trainer elite soldier you are, you immediately enter the void to rescue your brother. Heavily under attack by creatures from Hell you start off in a graveyard scenario, shooting your way through monsters, untill you come deeper into the underground and lava appears. Your route is not easy, you have to walk on moving platforms, jump in trees, avoid lava and spikes. Soon you will find yourself in big problems with the mid level boss, and the problems does not become smaller when reaching the end of level boss.

There are four levels and each one offers two boss fights. You also have to watch out for a lot of nasty traps, especially near the power ups, and some of the power ups requires some logic thinking to be able to collect.

You have a health bar, and by collecting Medi Kits you can replace some of your health. You have unlimited ammo for the gun you start with, but it is also possible to find and pick up four other weapons - These will be discarded again when the ammo is used, but they are available to pick up several places.

You can also collect three power ups:
POW - increases power of shots.
RAPID - increases rate of fire.
SHIELD - temporary invulnerability from enemies.

And if you see a head, also collect this, because this is an extra life.

There is a lot of secrets and hidden paths in this game, none of them absolutely necessary to figure out, but you will get some of the extras to collect if you do. When this is said, you will probably get a nasty surprise when you come to the mid level boss on level 4 and are close to beating the game - here you have to get a couple of things right!

You can select between three difficult settings - Easy, Medium and Hard. The enemies causes more damage on the higher difficulty settings, and you have to play through on level Hard to see the ending screen, else the game will just loop into a harder mode.

This is a really good and challenging game. Highly colorful and detailed graphics running at fast and smooth speed. An excellent run and gun game with lots of sprites and bullets on the screen at the same time, lots of different enemies and background graphics. Plenty of weapons and power ups to collect, and lots of secrets to figure out. For 48k this is mighty impressive, but it is a shame there is no in game AY music for 128k users.

The game was made by Presh in 2020.

Rating = 96%

Tape version: http://zx.preshaudio.co.uk/HellYeah/HELL%20YEAH!%20v201018.tap.zip
Beta disk version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yqr9EyzBb_-1WU9WVzTD476rdsLu50es/view
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