Paratrooper
| Paratrooper | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Orion software |
| Senior Developer | Greg Kuperberg |
| platform | 1982 |
| genre | Shoot 'em up |
| Game mode | Single player |
| language | English |
| information | Indexed in Germany until 2010 |
Paratrooper is a computer game of the genre shoot 'em up , the 1982 Greg Kuperberg (Orion software) for IBM-PC compatible computer has been programmed. The game is roughly based on Missile Command and is a direct adaptation of the lesser known game Sabotage (1981) programmed by Mark Allen for Apple II . In Germany, Paratrooper was indexed in 1985 (announced in Federal Gazette No. 162 of August 31, 1985). After 25 years, the game was removed from the list of indexed games in July 2010 , as prescribed in Section 18 (7) JuSchG .
Game description
The player controls an anti-aircraft gun and tries to shoot down paratroopers , fighter jets and their bombs from helicopters . The aim of the game is to get the highest possible score. Each shot increases the point account by a number depending on the object. Each shot fired reduces this by one point.
The flak is in the middle of the field on a hill. If four paratroopers manage to land to the left or right of the gun, they build a human pyramid and blow up the flak. This will cause the game to be lost. Another way to lose is to be hit by a jet fighter bomb.
Conversions
For the C64 , KBR Software developed the game Paratroopers in 1983 . For Macintosh computers, Airborne followed in 1984 ! by Silicon Beach Software a game with a similar principle.
In the early 1990s, the simple game principle of Paratrooper was published in various implementations for MS-DOS as shareware : Examples are Ack Ack Attack (1991) from PLBM Games or Night Raid (1992) from Argo Games (programmed by John Carmack ).
Another noteworthy implementation is the shareware game Ganja Farmer , which was published in 1998 by the company EvilX for Windows . The player controls a machine gun mounted on a Bulli painted in the colors of the Bolivian flag and tries to prevent paratroopers from burning down a cannabis field.
On the MP3 player iPod there is a factory version of the game called Parachute .
reception
As part of a report on the first six games ( Beach Head , Blue Max , Paratrooper, Raid over Moscow , Sea Wolf / Seafox and Tank Attack ), which were indexed by the BPjM (then BPjS) in August 1985 , Heinrich Lenhardt describes in the magazine Happy computer "is simply superfluous" the game as a plate-killer insert that.
Others
In contrast to many IBM-compatible games from the early 1980s, Paratrooper can still be played on modern Windows PCs. The game does not get its clock via the CPU , but this is set by the software.