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Cosmic Bugs
Type of program: Puzzle Arcade
Supported platforms: Windows
Company name: Retro64 Computer Games
Version: 1.0
Cost: $19.99
Installed size: 6636
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Well I can't say you will still be playing this game in 20
years, but I can't even say we will be alive in 20 years, so in 20 years you
might get bored with this game, but in the meantime..... You have to cover 85
per cent of the playing field with this pebbley stuff, which you do by firing.
What's the catch? There are bugs out there....BIG bugs and smart too, they can
recognize an attemped shot and try to speed up. If a bug hits the line that
comes out of your "gun" [it's not only kinda like a sight line, but it gives the
bugs something to aim at] you poof, and lose one life.
There are power ups and penalties, I didn't notice them or have to catch them,
but I got bombs, fast and slow shots, and something else, was giggling too hard
and forgot. Each playing field is a little different, some have areas, that
helps you gain an easy shot, and some have wide open spaces. So far I've seen 2
types of bugs, well seen more that 2, lets say 2 catagories of bugs. One appears
to have to stay on the line that forms the outside of the playing field, or the
line that you make when you pave part of the field. They have a tendency to see
you attemping a shot, and hang around that spot, or hurry if they are further
away. The other type plays inside the playing field. As long as you haven't
taken a shot, they can't hurt you, even if they step on you on the way by.
Of the inside bugs, I know there will more than I've seen, but one of the most
wicked critters looks like a pinwheel, and as it "plays Pong" bouncing from wall
to wall, it will suddenly start spinning real fast while not moving anywhere
else for a couple of seconds, then it will shoot off like it came out of a
cannon, and now the word bouncing no long fits-careening comes to mind. It is
hard to set up a shot when you have 6 or more of them things AND their friends.
And unlike a couple of similar games I have seen, when you complete your shot,
and paving comes up, any bugs caught inside this area do not hurt you-they die
and you get extra for killing them instead of working around them. I didn't find
any time limits, or you can only play up to such and such a level...which
doesn't mean it isn't there, just meant I was having too much fun.
However, it does mention that if you register this program you will get over 500
levels, [hehe how do you get over a number? what do you get 508 1/2 levels?
never mind let my mind off the leash] You also get new powerups, new scenery,
and instant download delivery. Check it out, you will not need an exterminator
if you don't like it.
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Reviewed by Stormy Strock
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