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(c)1990 SIN NIHON LASER SOFT
(c)TELENET JAPAN
Release: 1990-12-7 (¥6780)
CDRom² TJCD0011
Shooter / Vertical
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Avenger is a vertical shooter by Telenet where the player
takes control of a futuristic and hi-tech helicopter. The usual set of weapons
are available, from Vulcan-gun to Laser, Homing Missiles and
Directional Beams firing in the opposite direction the helicopter faces.
A secondary and more destructive weapon allows the player to either destroy
everything on screen or just clean up every single enemy's bullet in
sight. Extra power-ups can be collected during the game, improving
one of the weapon or increasing the stock of available lives. Avenger
proposes a couple of originalities - First of all, the list of
weapons to choose from increases as the game progresses. Secondly,
and this feature will need sometime to get used to, the helicopter
fires diagonally as it moves left or right. However, holding the
second button will lock it in that direction.
The game also branches out later in the
game and the player can decide what mission to play next.
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First of all, you should know that Avenger was one of the first shooter to
be released for the PC Engine CDRom system. For that reason,
it wouldn't be fair to be completely cruel with it. It is an average
shooter, I must confess, and it looks primitive and dated at first sight (...even at second sight...).
The full screen illustrations displayed at the end of each stage are more
than correct and some of the stages are very well designed - despite not showing
anything exceptional and following a classic Sea-City-Canyon-BigSHip scenario.
There is nothing bad to say about Avenger, really, except maybe for
the super-bomb special effect which just forces the screen to flash ONE single time,
and the poor in-game graphics. It is just
an average but correct game, offering some nice surprises
here and there, and some good shooting moments.
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