Anyworld 1

Anyworld

Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1993 (original release)
Levels: 26
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
Registration bonus: Anyworld 2 and Anyworld 3, hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club
Registration price: $20
Related games: Zapper, The Fantastic Zapman, Capn Zapn, Jaxon Zoose, Street Wolf, Superheroes, Ultimare, Zapak, Slinker, Paper Airplane, The Return of A-J

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As with Superheroes and Ultimare, Anyworld seems to essentially be an Acord megamix.

Story

Anyworld! This game may take place in your world, my world, or their world, but whatever world, this is a game filled with action in which you get to choose from several characters.

Instructions

There's no world like Anyworld

Arrow keys - move around.

[X] - jump right. [Z]-jump left.

[Space] - shoot low.

[A] - shoot high.

[P] - pick up objects.

[N] - small right jump.

[F1] - instructions.

[F2] - inventory.

[F4] - toggle sound.

[F5] - save game. [F6]-load game

[F7] - joystick setup.

[F1O] - about Acord Games.

Credits

Acord Games

Resources

Sprites

The game stars:

• Zapper (levels 1-4, 6, and 8),
• the biplane from Ultimare (levels 5, 7, 9-13),
• the distorted sprite from Zapak (levels 14-16),

and features cameos from:

• Capn Zapn,
• Street Wolf,
• Jaxon Zoose,
• the character from David Wallin's Slinker (levels 17-18)
• and the cursor sprite from The Return of A-J.

Maps

• Levels 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18-19, and 21 seem mostly original.
• Level 1 is based on Terrain.
• Level 2 is based on Sample.
• Levels 3-4 are based on Nebula.
• Levels 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, and 16-17 are based on Matt Bell's Paper Airplane.
• Level 9 is based on Slinker.
• Levels 20-20e are based on early maps from a demo version of The Return of A-J.

Availability

Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.

Archive History

On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.

Links

Listings

• archive.org entry
• demu.org entry
• My Abandonware entry
• Home of the Underdogs entry
• Annarchive

Downloads

• Anyworld (1.6 MB)
• Level 1 map (? kB) Level 2 map (? kB) Level 3 map (? kB)
• Level 4 map (? kB) Level 5 map (? kB) Level 6 map (? kB)
• Level 7 map (? kB) Level 8 map (? kB) Level 9 map (? kB)
• Level 10 map (? kB) Level 11 map (? kB) Level 12 map (? kB)
• Level 13 map (? kB) Level 14 map (? kB) Level 15 map (? kB)
• Level 16 map (? kB) Level 17 map (? kB) Level 18 map (? kB)
• Level 19 map (? kB) Level 20 map (? kB)
  • Level 20a map (? kB) Level 20b map (? kB) Level 20c map (? kB)
  • Level 20d map (? kB) Level 20e map (? kB)
• Level 21 map (? kB)