Commodore User


Paratroopers

Publisher: Rabbit
Machine: Commodore 64

 
Published in Commodore User #9

Paratroopers

With so much action that you may mistake it for a Lebanese ceasefire, this offering also has its graphical attractions: definitely made in "splatterama", its appeal is directly fairly and squarely at quick-shot fiends.

After selecting the offensive/defensive options from the menu, the player finds an ack-ack gun warding off a massive armada of helicopters (with appropriate sonics) that are dropping paratroopers, complete with billowing parachutes, towards your bunker. Various bombing runs to add to the jollity. The whole scene is quite realistically depicted: the multitude of explosions enhance an already colourful scene.

Ack-ack shells can be splayed around to set up a defensive umbrella. But inevitably some commandos get through signalling a tank to enter and blast away your gun. And I found the whole animation most pleasing.