Rocket Fighter
Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1992?
Levels: 5
Author: Sherwood Forest
Registration bonus: Free game or two + current catalog
Registration price: $15
Related games: none
Rocket Fighter tries to sell itself as a space shooter, and kind of misses the mark. That's nothing new for Game-Maker; many have tried and failed to wrangle the engine into such a shape. Beyond that ambition, the game takes no creative or technical risks and betrays little mastery of the tools at hand.
The arrow keys move, and the space bar shoots in the last direction pressed. The ship moves very slowly and jerkily; the bullets are small, and difficult to aim. Juggling both movement and aiming is a task for the truly patient. Typically for Sherwood's games, there seems no end or sense to the enemies. They just keep swarming, and moving erratically.
As with Big Bob's Drive-In and Airstrike 42, the game is accompanied by a constant, irritating screech. One wonders how they managed that in so many games. Did they play these things before releasing them?
Contents
Story
You belong to the elite corps of Rocket Fighters, as a matter of fact you are the resident ace of the group. Your mission is to warp through the galaxy as you take out the various enemies of the Alliance. Armed with only the laser cannon in your ship, you must make the spaceways safe for mankind.
Instructions
Welcome to Rocket Fighter. You are the pilot of the red fighter ship. You can control the ship by using the four main arrow keys, or the joystick.
Your ship is equipped with a laser cannon which you can fire by either the spacebar, or the fire button.
The idea is to fly around space, blasting the enemy ships while you look for the space-warp. When you find the warp, fly into it, and be transported to the next level, where the ships are faster, and they fly in harder patterns.
After five levels are all cleared, you can rest as the hero of the galaxy.
Good luck, and good flying.
Credits
Rocket Fighter is from your friends at Sherwood Forest Software. We are the nut hut responsible for such games as Attack of the Killer Dandelions, Airstrike 42, Big Bob's Drive-In, and Melvin Freebush, just to name a few.
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