Friday, July 21, 2023

Bounty Bob, Level 20 - Mobile Suction Unit

The colors of these mazes isn't always the best. To keep the game play fresh, the colors are selected randomly. Sometimes the color of the top of the platform closely matches the color of Bounty Bob's feet, so if you're trying to do Level 9 and you think you're standing on the edge of the platform, well... look out. As for this level, it's a completely silly gimmick that, sadly, only has the one level. For some reason, it put me in mind of this. But that's just me. And once again, the whole affair's really taxing the Atari's computational power. Hard to imagine playing this one on a 1200XL. And even though this level seems easy, there's enough tight jumps and a few tighter corners to insure that you're going to lose the first few times you try it. Don't you hate it when you realize, oh... I should've done that the first time! Or you figure out what part of the level to do last a little too late. Just remember what Michael Abrash said about ... something about hard-fought knowledge. For instance, one of my actual goals is to learn either Blender (TM) or maybe jMonkeyEngine (C). Both 3D modeling programs... both incredibly hard. Where's an unpaid intern when you need one? Otherwise, a pretty ordinary level, but that's a fair trade-off: an ordinary level with one extraordinary gimmick.

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