Gnome
| Developer: Vision | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Linel | Sound: |
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| Year: 1991 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Platformer | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 1 | Rating: |
2/10 | |
It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out why my shots weren’t affecting the enemies. Turns out – they’re seeds!
So, you throw seeds, which grow into mushrooms, which then transform into crystals for you to collect. There are only two types of enemies: those with a sack steal your crystals, while the others seem to just exist without much purpose. You take them out by hammering them (joystick down).
After every two stages, you’re presented with a shop to buy various power-ups. However, it’s not clear which ones are reusable, temporary, or permanent. An article mentions a spell-casting wizard, another talks about an enemy that alters the terrain (turning dirt into stone, presumably), and yet another references treasure chests – but I saw none of these in the game. No noticeable progression after the first stage, apart from a background change.
Is this a demo version? Or was the game just left unfinished? No, surely no one would release something this blatantly incomplete for sale … right?
Cough-cough! Could you fetch me a glass of water?
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