Blockade Runner-how good?

[imported_Anonymous]

Fellow Colecovision fans-
Can somebody tell me if Blockade runner, Gyruss, Sewer Sam, and Super Cobra are any good? How are the graphics and gameplay in these games?

[imported_Anonymous]

To Tabac-
Thanks. I saw a picture of super cobra for CV- the graphics look horrible! Is Blockade Runner that bad? The 5200 has Star Raiders, and I want a good first person space game for CV. Subroc and Star Wars aren't that good- Star Wars is too easy.

[Tabac]

Stay away from Blockade Runner (unless you're a collector because it's rare). It's the most awful game I've ever seen for the Coleco. The goal is to maneuver your ships through a never ending asteroid belt and reach the Earth. The graphx are not the best on the system. The controls are AWFUL.

About Sewer Sam: I don't really know the game but from what I've seen, the graphics aren't really good. Don't know about the gameplay though.

Gyruss is a "Galaga all around the screen". Really great game. Funny that the goal is the same as Blockade Runner (reach the Earth) and the 2 games are so far from each other in terms of fun.

I used to love Super Cobra a lot. It's like Cosmic Avenger. When I reached the end though I was really deceived by the ending "sequence" (we can't call that a "sequence"). This game is only 8k. They could have put a decent ending if they would have made it a normal 16k cart.

Hope this is of some help!

Steve Bégin

[Tabac]

Blockade Runner is that bad!!!!

Super Cobra doesn't have great graphics but at least, it plays very well. And it is fun.

[BLADERUNNER21131]

DOES ANYONE AGREE THAT PITFALL I AND II HAVE REALLY AWFULL GRAPHICS? I HEARD THEY HAVE THE SAME GRAPHICS AS THE ATARI 2600! IS THIS TRUE OF ALL ACTIVISION GAMES FOR COLECO??

[BLADERUNNER21131]

SPACE FURY'S NOT BAD BUT IT'S VERY REPETITIVE & THE GRAPHICS COULD BE BETTER BUT GIVE IT A TRY IF YOU LIKE SPACE GAMES.

[This message has been edited by BLADERUNNER21131 (edited November 07, 2000).]

[imported_Anonymous]

Hey guys-

Is there a good first-person space game for Colecovision?? Subroc isn't very good, Star Wars is to easy, Dam Busters is o.k, if not Blockade runner then what?
Any ideas? Thanx!

[imported_Anonymous]

Bladerunner--
Thanks for the reply, but space fury is not a first-person game, like Star Wars and Dam Busters. Besides, I have Space fury and it's not good- the graphics are not good, and the part-formed aliens do not chase you like they did in the arcade.
Hey Aswald- a long time ago I played a weird game- you were a big square mouth with wheels and you were being chased by flying squid- I am not making this up! Do you know this game, if you know about that odyssey thing you might know this one! It's driving me nuts!

[Aswald]

Eric;

I believe the game you are describing was called "Snap Jack;" it was one of those wonderfully weird games of the early 80's which, sadly, have all but vanished. To my knowledge, there are no home versions.
You were a sort of "car"- more like a sort of squarish Pac-Man on wheeled stilts- which had to eat floating dots while avoiding cave ceilings, various obstacles, and pursuing flying squid (Medusa Jacks). At one point you had to leap over water with a large, cute sea creature play-boxing in it. It, like another obscure- and equally bizarre- game called Jump Bug (I played it once in 1982, while in England) was one of the early side scrollers.
It's a crying shame these games do not exist in home format. If decent versions ever became available for ColecoVision, 5200, NES, or 7800 I would buy it the next day!
I'm ordering Dac-Man version 1.3- hope it's a good game!
Happy gaming, everyone!

[iron]

Sewer Sam is really good I thought. I remember playing it when I was 10 and I am looking to buy it now. "Sam" talks in the game, it's a really cool looking game. This is Colecovision and it is year 2000, if you want good graphics get a modern system. Just enjoy the Colecovision for what it is.

[Aswald]

Eric;

You're certainly right about the lack of good first-person shoot 'em ups for ColecoVision; I plan on buying Blockade Runner soon, and will let you know what I think of it- it's a bit of a gamble, though, because if Tabac is right then it'll be a waste of $30.00.
Hopefully, since Intellivision Burgertime is available for ColecoVision, someone will make the splendid B-17 Bomber available, too- Dam Busters is somewhat flawed; it seems to have been rushed out. I suspect that happened to a number of games due to the Great Video Game Crash of 1984. Believe me, it was pure chaos during that time!
There are, however, two good first-person games available, although they allow only two-dimensional movement: The Dukes of Hazzard and Escape From the Mindmaster. Dukes is a surprisingly advanced driving game, and Mindmaster was the first true first-person maze game.
The Dukes of Hazzard requires the steering module, but it can also be played with the roller controller, albeit clumsily.
If B-17 Bomber ever comes out, rejoice, because that game is GREAT!!