Lightforce (1986) Kempston Mouse version Walkthrough + Review, ZX Spectrum
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INTRODUCTION (From the manual):
LIGHTFORCE is for VENGEANCE... LIGHTFORCE is the Punishment Arm of Galactic Fighter Command.
When a Terran-settled system at the edge of the galaxy is seized by an alien force, revenge comes in the form of a lone LIGHTFORCE fighter.
LIGHTFORCE confronts alien in a dazzling battle above the strange landscapes of the Ice Planet, the Jungle Planet, Alien factories and the impassable Asteroid Belt.
S.O.S. - ALL SYSTEMS ALERT...
The distress call from the colonies around Regulus is brief - "Ships of unknown origin landing at key installations!" The GEM council react quickly and decisively, and order their entire space force in the Regulus sector into action. Unfortunately, that turns out to be just one LIGHTFORCE fighter, on deep space patrol, and, as luck would have it, it's piloted by YOU!
As you emerge from light-drive beyond the outer planet, you see several thousand battle-ready alien ships, hundreds of ground-based weapon installations and energy domes, and a host of special armaments pods circling each planet - all ranged against your single LIGHTFORCE fighter. As the odds are stacked heavily in your favour, you set about your task immediately - LIGHTFORCE is for REVENGE.
REVIEW:
This is the classic scenario we know from so many shoot em ups – You alone, against the whole enemy army! A classic plot seen many times before, but what has not been seen before on the Spectrum in 1986 was the multicolored background and the multicolored sprites. This game was the first to introduce that, many people remember that, and the game is today considered as a classic for the Spectrum.
The game has four sections - Emerging from the lightdrive tunnel you start off in the Asteroid Belt, followed by the Jungle Planet, the Orbital Platforms and the Ice Planet. You have to blast your way through the hostile alien ships that will attack you in waves, and you have to destroy the ground installations.
The scrolling of the background is smooth and fast, and the sprites moves nice and fast, and the use of color is excellent. The game gets pretty tough, there is no power ups to collect, no boss fights, and there is no music, the only sound is a few blip and blob for shooting fx, but besides these things it is a very good and very nice looking game.
This is a special Kempston mouse version, but it doesn’t really make the gameplay any better, or give you any kind of advantages. It speeds up your spaceship but because of the big sprites you have to watch out for not crashing into other spaceships that has just entered the screen if you move too fast. But it is off course cool to play the game with a mouse!
There is no ending for this game and this walkthrough ends when the game loops.
The game was published by Faster Than Light in 1986.
Rating:
Original version: 93%
Unofficial Kempston Mouse version: 93%
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