G-Man (computer game)

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G-Man
Studio United KingdomUnited Kingdom Codemasters
Publisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom Codemasters
platform Commodore 264 series
genre Jump 'n' run
Game mode Single player
control Joystick , keyboard
medium cassette
information Released as Super G-Man revised for C64 and ZX Spectrum

G-Man is a Jump 'n' Run - Computer game company Codemasters . It appeared in 1986 for the Commodore 264 series (C16 / Plus4 / C116). Later there was also a modified version for the Commodore C64 and the ZX Spectrum as the Super G-Man .

Gameplay

G-Man is the abbreviation for "Gravity-Man". The computer game is about flying the G-Man safely to a space station . The space station is not visible in the version of the game for the Commodore C16 / Plus4 / C116. The aim of the game is to overcome the distance of 4000 units. The G-Man has to collect fuel again and again and watch out for meteors and the underground, because if he collides with them, he loses one of his three lives per game. The player controls the G-Man by joystick or keyboard .

Background information

The game was developed by Mike Clark and Richard Darling. The music for the game is by David Whittaker .

Reviews

The following reviews are due to the game Super G-Man and not to the version of the Commodore 264 series.

  • The former computer game magazine Zzap! 64 only gave the game in the C-64 version a rating of 23%.
  • The game magazine Crash gave the game in the ZX-Spectrum version a rating of 43%.
  • The GameSpot website gave the game a user rating of 7.8.
  • One reviewer said Super G-Man looked like a computer study project gone wrong.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/cassette/item/super_g_man/de
  2. ↑ http://www.gamefaqs.com/c64/571919-super-g-man/credit
  3. ↑ http://www.c64endings.freeolamail.com/endings/s/supergman/supergman.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.c64endings.freeolamail.com/endings/s/supergman/supergman.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue21/Pages/YourSinclair2100074.jpg
  6. ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/super-g-man/
  7. ↑ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue43/Pages/Crash4300091.jpg