A look at John Davies' Mage Rage, the 128K version with AY Music.
Don't Mess With a Mage!
You play Mercure the Mage who must venture forth into the ravenous beasts evil layer. Encountering spiders, bats, rates, goblins and trolls, you must recover the magical swirls which were stolen from Stone Circle earlier that morning whilst you were busy meditating.
0:00 Opening Titles & Loading Screen
0:21 Mage Rage Run Down
2:00 Playing Mage Rage
9:36 Final Thoughts
10:27 Ending
Mage Rage is a top down maze shooter for the ZX Spectrum written on AGDx Mini+
The controls are the trusty QAOP and Space.
The lair also handily contains pressure pads to open doors, wizard bolt refills and life energy which will all help to keep you alive.
Included for the project were:
Allan Turvey, additional code.
Andy Green, loading screen.
Jonathan Cauldwell, who wrote AGD.
Paul Jenkinson who did the fantastic tutorials.
Sebastian Braunert who helped adding the AY music code.
AY Music by X-Agon, JeRrS, Black Lord & Dr. Dismal.
Within the game you will find:
Spiders
Bats
Rats
Goblins
Trolls
Respawn Zones
Wizard Bolts
Life Energy
Pressure Pads
Forest
Bridges
Mazes
Castles
Ice
Bricks
Chasms
Music 'KnuckleBusted' by 'Rich Hollins - Tufty'
See his NEW album Raw Spectronica on bandcamp available for download or cassette/vinyl effect CD at: https://tufty1.bandcamp.com/
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