ScuzzBlog: Diaries December 2023 Entry 14th December 2023: Post 1: Amiga Rocket Ranger - With German operating instructions. Amiga Rocket Ranger - With German operating instructions. I was convinced I had featured this game on the blog previously but sadly I was unable to track it down. Anyway, I guess it never hurts to have another go. I haven't played the game, and probably never will. That is no reflection on the game but with so many waiting in the wings I just don't have the time to give the game a proper view over. From the looks of it and from what I have read I sense this is an 'Odeon Cinema Club' type frolic involving world domination by the Nazis and our hero not only wanting to save the day but also prevent the love of his life being kidnapped and incarcerated to please some evil leader. Kinda Flash Gordon but with a rocket on his back. Interestingly 'Jane' is the name of the World War II glamour secret agent, that took on the Nazis in the comic strip, and was played by Glynis Barber in the TV version. She somehow always seemed to lose most of her clothes throughout the strip. No pun intended. Back to the game and this was developed by Cinemaware and was distributed by MIRROR Soft in 1988 by the looks of it. Came on a couple of disks and from the cassette inlay. I am guessing this was also released on the 'wind-up' consoles also. Works on a 500, 1000 and 2000 but needs the full 512K memory. It also benefits if an external floppy drive is fitted. Like I say Rocket Ranger has to stop the Nazi war machine from taking over the world. To do this you have to find/steal five rocket parts randomly placed around the map so you can search and obtain Lunarium. The game credits computography by Peter Kaminski with additional computerthingy by Tom McWilliams. The story was by Randy Platt. Art direction Robert Jacob and graphics artist Rob Landeros. Inside the box is a code wheel. You basically spin to correlate two location and then read off the secret number. Or you could use the printed version by Quartex and Task dated 25th Dec 1999 which gives you all the various codes. Beware though there is a hand written note that says USA is wrong. Anyway if you are tempted to review further and fancy a trip back to 1940 then pop over to YouTube there are a few reviews there. * The Flash Gordon comment relates to a common theme in hero films of the 'Odeon Cinema Club' area, where the hero loses his love to the villain of the film. In Flash Gordon his love Dale Arden is forced to marry Ming the Merciless. Kinda harps back to Robin Hood and Maid Marian who was best played by Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Just watch Alan Rickman in Prince of Thieves and listen to Bryan Adams .. Everything I do. I'm going now. Amiga Rocket Ranger - With German operating instructions.

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