Risky Woods - Atari ST (1992)

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Risky Woods (1992)

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"Risky Woods" is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Dinamic Software and Zeus Software and published by Electronic Arts in 1992 on the Atari ST.

00:00 Title screen
00:54 Stage 1 - The Mountains
04:09 Ye Olde Shoppe
04:34 Stage 2 - The Forest
08:03 Stage 3 - Zabrus' Lair (boss)
10:14 Stage 4 - The Caverns
14:15 Game Over

The ancient monks who preserve the wisdom of the Lost Lands have been frozen in stone by Draxos and his minions. Young Rohan must plunge into the Risky Woods to release them. Only then can wisdom triumph once again.

Most of Risky Woods involves Rohan running, jumping between ledges and fighting monsters while freeing the monks from stone. There are 4 worlds, each with two levels and at the end of each world the player must face a guardian/boss. The world's are Mountain Pass, Hanging Gardens, Catacombs and Hidden World. Rohan is initially armed with an infinite amount of throwing knives. Both the standard monsters such as skeletons and flying demons drop coins once defeated.
At the end of each level, coins can be spent at "Ye Olde Shoppe". Rohan can trade in his knives for fire, an axe, a chain or a boomerang. The same weapon can be bought up to 3 times, increasing its power with each purchase. The player can also choose to pay to top up their energy.
In order to complete a level, all good monks must be freed from stone. Bad monks are also trapped in stone and are indistinguishable from the good ones. Once freed, the bad monks will attack Rohan. The only way to avoid bad monks is to remember their locations for your next play through.
The secondary objective of each level is to pass through "Eye toll gates". The player has to find two halves of an Eye-Key, then use the completed Eye-Key to pass through the door.
Chests drop from the sky randomly during gameplay and contain items that can either help or hinder. Bombs, shields, extra time and lives make up the good offerings, while the bad offerings can send you back a few screens, send you to sleep and waste your time or can even flip the screen upside down.

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