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Subject: Re: Rescue on Fractalus remake
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:01:58 +0100
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Am 28.10.24 um 21:33 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

> 
> I never owned this one in the 8-bit days, and it never made its way to
> PC. I only played it through emulation. Aside from the concept (it's a
> sort of a first-person "Lunar Lander" crossed with Choplifter's rescue
> mechanic) I didn't actually find the game that impressive, even
> accounting for its age.
> It is not anymore by modern standards and not even by the standards of 
the early 90s, but when it came out in 82/83 it was really 
groundbreaking. I nowadays would consider it more a graphics demo than a 
game, but some games simply do not age well especially those who rely on 
new graphical effects never seen before for gameplay!