Rod Land (Arcade) - 1 Credit Challenge
1In this video, I'm doing a 1 Credit Challenge of a game that I also played before, same as in the previous 1 Credit Challenge video: Metal Black, during my MAME Arcade Stream from last week. That game is: Rod Land for the Arcade. This game was developed and published by Jaleco, it was released in 1990. Rod Land was also ported to home computers and consoles, such as: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, NES, ZX Spectrum and iOS. The arcade version of Rod Land will be coming out on Arcade Archives in the future. Rod Land is an action platform game. The player(s) control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic wand (rod). Following the concept of Taito's Bubble Bobble, the rod doesn't kill the monsters directly, but only leaves them immobilized, crying. To kill them, the rod can grasp them in a magic force-field and the player can smash them down over her head until they disappear and leave a power-up behind. Each level is only one small screen composed of monsters, platforms, ladders and, later, tunnels. Unlike other games of the genre, the players can never jump, but have to use ladders. They can conjure one custom ladder above or below them in order to go to the appropriate platform. There can be only one such 'custom' ladder; therefore if the fairy summons it again, it will disappear from its previous position in order to appear again next to the fairy. This can be beneficial for the player, if a monster is climbing that ladder to approach her. The fairies' quest is to rescue their mother, trapped in a tower. In the sequel (part of the original arcade machine) they must venture into a pyramid, to stop an evil demon that is building a mobile fortress. The spirit of their departed father "guides" them at a couple of points. The ending implies that the demon in the pyramid was somehow responsible for their father's death. About my run on Rod Land: I really enjoyed playing this game and I had a lot of fun doing this. Although there are some slowdowns in the game, but it's not bad. Unfortunately I died at scene 24, but I'm very happy with the end score I got. Overall, Rod Land is a very fun and cute action platform game, similar to other games I've played before, like: Bubble Bobble for example. I highly recommend to give this game a try. I hope you enjoy this 1 Credit Challenge video of Rod Land for the Arcade and thanks for watching!
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