Frak!
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| Studio | Nick Pelling |
| Publisher | Aardvark (BBC / Electron), Statesoft (C64) |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1984 (BBC / Electron), 1985 (C64) |
| platform | Acorn Electron , BBC Micro , Commodore 64 |
| genre | Jump 'n' run |
| Game mode | up to 9 players in turns |
| control | joystick |
| medium | Floppy disk , cassette |
| language | English |
Frak! is a computer game from 1984, which was programmed by Nick Pelling for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron systems . A port for the Commodore 64 was developed in 1985 by The B Team (Jason Perkins, Anthony Clarke and Mark Rodgers). It is a side-scrolling platform game in which the player's cavemen Trogg by various level controls.
action
In this platform game, the player controls the caveman Trogg through different levels with the aim of finding three different keys . With the help of ladders, chains or ropes, Trogg can reach different levels (depending on the level either stones, tree trunks, ice surfaces or metal plates). In addition, he is able to jump over small gaps between the levels, or to drop to lower levels. However, if the difference in altitude is too great, Trogg will lose a life. The loss of a life is indicated by a speech bubble with the content "Frak!" announced.
During the game Trogg meets various level-specific rigid opponents: Scrubblies, Hooters, Poglets, Bunyips, Ice Warriors and Trogg Clones. If Trogg comes into contact with one of these beings, he loses a life. However, he is armed with a yo-yo , which can be thrown in a horizontal direction against the enemy beings in order to remove them. In addition, there are moving enemy objects in the form of vertically rising balloons and daggers flying diagonally through the picture .
There is a time limit in each level. After a countdown , the player must finish the level under darkness. The countdown can be increased by collecting light bulbs .
Levels
Frak! contains 96 levels, with only 6 different scenarios. The number 96 results from the fact that each scenario is run through in 16 different ways, namely in every possible combination of the following four variations:
- Level normal or mirrored vertically
- Balloons and daggers small or large
- The balloons rise vertically or pendulum
- Trogg speed normal or slow
After going through all the variations, the game starts over.
etymology
The word "Frak" is probably a disguise of the English vulgar expression " fuck ". In the American science fiction - television series " Battlestar Galactica " from the 1978 dip it in the first time.
swell
- ↑ Frak (expletive) explanation of the word origin in the English Wikipedia