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The intro was fantastic. Even with a PC speaker / no sound card. Having to swim away as your first action, and then escape from some kind of lion is one of the

The intro was fantastic. Even with a PC speaker / no sound card. Having to swim away as your first action, and then escape from some kind of lion is one of the most brutal game experiences ever. Even if you played that game for 1 minute you will remember that game forever.

crtasm 3y ago
and not just the intro but the entire game fit on a single floppy disk, blew my mind.
ChainOfFools 3y ago
I'll never forget the "dialogue" in the game either, right after you get rescued from that lion thing by your new friend. konanaka beetzai! motsuubo! /wave
- the_af 3y ago
  If I remember correctly, your alien friend never rescues you from the beast. The ones who shoot the beast (and then you) are the "bad" aliens ;)
- jakemauer 3y ago
  Mykaruba!
guiambros 3y ago
> Even if you played that game for 1 minute you will remember that game forever. I don't remember playing for much more than a few minutes (maybe a couple of hours), and barely making any progress, but that intro and the initial escape got etched in my memory for all those years. The dramatic camera effects of this game were indeed out of this world for the time.
- the_af 3y ago
  The game itself is barely a couple of hours. It's very, very short. I wonder, if the intro made such an impression on you, why didn't you finish it?
  - 29athrowaway 3y ago
    I also didn't finish it. The game is hard and requires more patience than usual to figure it out.
    - ekianjo 3y ago
      It was on par with games at the time though.
    - snvzz 3y ago
      Definitely a short, and not hard at all, game. I beat it without difficulty when I was single-digit aged. It's absolutely worth it, and better late than never.
      - recursive 3y ago
        Maybe you're just a good gamer. I was absolutely stumped.
      - joshspankit 3y ago
        As a general rule: Try not to take your subjective experience and imply that it’s either the universal experience or objectively true.
  - recursive 3y ago
    I'm in the same boat. I could not figure out how to get past the second screen. But I still remember those few minutes very clearly these decades later.
    - the_af 3y ago
      Do you mean how to get past the beast?
Xenoamorphous 3y ago
> Even if you played that game for 1 minute you will remember that game forever. I’ve never player that game, but it’s been engraved in my mind for 30 years just from a 2 min? segment in a promotional VHS tape that came with a videogames magazine. Also the artwork in the cover is amazing.
dougmwne 3y ago
I have the same memory of playing for one minute and getting stuck. I went back to it 25 years later and beat it. Once you get over the reaction-time hump, it’s a glorious and memorable game.

crtasm 3y ago

and not just the intro but the entire game fit on a single floppy disk, blew my mind.

ChainOfFools 3y ago

I'll never forget the "dialogue" in the game either, right after you get rescued from that lion thing by your new friend. konanaka beetzai! motsuubo! /wave

the_af 3y ago
If I remember correctly, your alien friend never rescues you from the beast. The ones who shoot the beast (and then you) are the "bad" aliens ;)
jakemauer 3y ago
Mykaruba!

guiambros 3y ago

> Even if you played that game for 1 minute you will remember that game forever. I don't remember playing for much more than a few minutes (maybe a couple of hours), and barely making any progress, but that intro and the initial escape got etched in my memory for all those years. The dramatic camera effects of this game were indeed out of this world for the time.

the_af 3y ago
The game itself is barely a couple of hours. It's very, very short. I wonder, if the intro made such an impression on you, why didn't you finish it?
- 29athrowaway 3y ago
  I also didn't finish it. The game is hard and requires more patience than usual to figure it out.
  - ekianjo 3y ago
    It was on par with games at the time though.
  - snvzz 3y ago
    Definitely a short, and not hard at all, game. I beat it without difficulty when I was single-digit aged. It's absolutely worth it, and better late than never.
    - recursive 3y ago
      Maybe you're just a good gamer. I was absolutely stumped.
    - joshspankit 3y ago
      As a general rule: Try not to take your subjective experience and imply that it’s either the universal experience or objectively true.
- recursive 3y ago
  I'm in the same boat. I could not figure out how to get past the second screen. But I still remember those few minutes very clearly these decades later.
  - the_af 3y ago
    Do you mean how to get past the beast?

Xenoamorphous 3y ago

> Even if you played that game for 1 minute you will remember that game forever. I’ve never player that game, but it’s been engraved in my mind for 30 years just from a 2 min? segment in a promotional VHS tape that came with a videogames magazine. Also the artwork in the cover is amazing.

dougmwne 3y ago

I have the same memory of playing for one minute and getting stuck. I went back to it 25 years later and beat it. Once you get over the reaction-time hump, it’s a glorious and memorable game.