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Plasma Warrior

Author:

Neuro

Submitted:

14th June, 2007

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Genre:

Platformer

Downloads:

422

Rated:

26th Place

(4.62 / 5)

Game of the Week Winner

Edited By Neuro on 7/9/2009

Welcome, commander!

This interface puts you in control of one of our hazardous zone exploration robots - the Plasma Warrior.

Recently, a mining operation has come to a halt on planet X42. Scanners have picked up no signs of human life. The shuttle with our Plasma Warrior is about to begin landing. Prepare to log in, commander.

Controls:
Left+Right arrow keys - Walk
Up+Down arrow keys - aim up and down (down only whilst in air)
Shift - Jump (hold for higher jump)
Ctrl - Shoot

Alt+Enter for Fullscreen! - recommended

Esc or Alt+F4 to quit.

I made this with a limited palette of 7 colours: Red, Blue, Green, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and of course Black. It is meant as a short, sweet little game to pass a few minutes. It can be completed within about 25 minutes, if you know what you're doing.

Have fun

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Posted by »xerus

15th June, 2007

Whoops. deScent.

Posted by Hempuli

16th June, 2007

THis is totally awesome, but maybe a bit too easy.

Posted by Muse

16th June, 2007

Id prefer it to be easy and finish it, then to be stuck in the first mine trying to get past the first alien I encountered

I died twice on the last boss though, he was about the only challenge in the game

Posted by Neuro

16th June, 2007

Yeah, I think some people disliked Paroxysm because it was kinda difficult. I wanted a nice balance with this game, although I think I toned down some areas a little too much.

Thanks for all the comments

Posted by --Tom--

16th June, 2007

Hey man, cool game! Almost reminds me of the old duke nukem games crossed with metroid.

Posted by waffleton

16th June, 2007

Congrats on winning GoTW

Posted by Gaspi

18th June, 2007

Excelent Game!!!

The Retro graphics are nice
and the gameplay is great =D

Posted by -Nick-

18th June, 2007

Ok, i spent about 20 mins getting the shoot-down shot, now i need to find the purple keycard. I must've spent a good 20 minutes to half an hour looking in every room i can find but there is no sign of it. Any hints?

Posted by Fifth

18th June, 2007

It's in the green, radioactive area. It should be pretty obvious once you see it (there's even a computer terminal indicating it).

Posted by TheoX

19th June, 2007

Neat! Just looked at the screenshots. Downloading...

Posted by -Liam-

19th June, 2007

Sheer Khan, all the way! Loved this. Like Metroid on NES only far better! Congratulations! Well done!

Posted by TheoX

19th June, 2007

Man! I loved this game! I love the ambient feel of this game, and the feeling of the abandoned facility is great - fairly creepy much of the time, especially the part right before the final boss... *shivers*
The signs add a nice touch; they help to make it even more creepy. The final boss was nice and hard - just not enough to keep me from storming off in an angry rage.

This is the kind of game I wait for when I visit this site. GotW!

Posted by gemugemu

20th June, 2007

Hello !
Just a big congratulations for you !
This game is EXcellent !!!!

Posted by chrilley

20th June, 2007

Awesome game. The last boss was hard at first but after a few tries he was finally beaten.

Some glitches I found:

When you lose to the boss and the game reloads the doors around the boss are closed resulting in having to restart the game or face the boss outside that room. (meaning you can battle him while running all over the world.

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After beating the game at the shuttle when the last message appears the player can still shoot. Resulting in an invisible man shooting next to the ship.

Posted by Neuro

20th June, 2007

Ooh, thanks for pointing those out! I'm sure I fixed the boss glitch... I'll have to check later.

Posted by chrilley

20th June, 2007

I just noticed that the boss glitch doesn't happen all the time. For some reason the doors only closes sometimes.

Posted by Green Gnome

21st June, 2007

Seven colors, eh? What a waste.. 2 bit only gives 4 colors, thus 4 bits are needed which means 16 colors. You're leaving over the half of the capability unused.

That would be of course if you turned the game into 4-bit instead of 32-bit. I wonder if Windows can even run that low bit programs.

Posted by

21st June, 2007

Nice game, quite atmospheric despite being so retro.

Posted by -Nick-

22nd June, 2007

Just completed it. I noticed someone earlier said the second form of the end boss was hard. I think mine glitched cos i only fought one form (the jellyfish thing).

Posted by Neuro

22nd June, 2007

The boss changes attacks (kind of) once you damage it enough. It's second 'form' is when it shoots along the bottom instead of the top, and goes all electric-ish when it charges at you.

Posted by DaVince

22nd June, 2007

lol, just as I voted GOTW for depp and thought I had played all the GOTW entries yet... ¬_¬

Posted by Moonyjacob

22nd June, 2007

this game is wicked! good job

Posted by Zezard

23rd June, 2007

Nice and short, as was promised. I liked every aspect of this game. The controls, the music, the sound and the graphics.

This download is proof that complicity is not vital to make a good game.

Posted by Zezard

23rd June, 2007

Oh, it's just that I'd like a full-screen mode!

Posted by chrilley

23rd June, 2007

There is a full-screen mode. He even recommends to use it. Press Alt + Enter

Posted by mojofltr

23rd June, 2007

I really enjoyed this game. I spent about 45 minutes + boss time. The boss was kicking my butt, but I got mine.

Posted by mojofltr

23rd June, 2007

Oh, by the way... I was going to mention that at the boss, the game glitched up once when I held the fire button while continuing from a save state. The walls in the boss room remained closed. When I went back into the save room, the boss chased me. Hahhaha, of course, he killed me and when I continued again... all was well.

Posted by Jakob [JaDGames]

24th June, 2007

I really enjoyed to play this game! and the boss at the ending was maybe a little bit too short but very entertaining!

Tumbisar upp!

Posted by Jonny Comics

27th June, 2007

Sounds cool by that description. Has anyone else played Space Station Silicon Valley?

Anyway. Pink and black. Cool.

Posted by fucop

2nd July, 2007

W
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K

Posted by TheoX

3rd July, 2007

If you're going to leave a comment like that and give a thumbs down, at least explain WHY you don't like the game...

Posted by Dustin Friend

4th July, 2007

I really enjoyed this game. Simplistic, but very well done and a heck of a lot of fun to play. Great job! The ending boss battle was a blast.

Posted by Yoshimaster

7th July, 2007

Very cool game! My only problem was that it was too short. I thought the jellyfish thing was only the first boss, so it surprised me that the game was over after that.

Posted by Strange Culture

9th July, 2007

I Love retro games. .. Thumbs up!!!

Posted by alastair john jack

12th July, 2007

Wonderful!

Posted by Lachie Dazdarian

15th July, 2007

An excellent achievement. The way you used the limited amount of colors is simply brilliant. It's like I'm playing some old classic. The gameplay is very good, while the engine is top notch.

Anyway, I loved how the story slowly revealed with progress. It definitely worked as a motivator for me. And the change of scenery too.

I still didn't manage to kill the end boss. Much more difficult than the rest of the game. Will probably get back to it.

Once more, great work. Be proud of it! The only complaint I have...the game is relatively short.

Posted by mrpectate

27th July, 2007

This game had it all! The second night I was thinkin' "Once I get settled in for the night, I'm gonna grab a Pepsi and finish Plasma Warrior. Cool."

I played it with JoyToKey and a sidewinder. The jumping was a little weird like that, but I got over it. For an intense boss battle like that, I prefer a gamepad.

Seriously, this game was so cool. The music, the graphics, the gameplay....everything. If you were trying to REALLY capture that retro stank, you sure hit it hard right on the head. Plasma Warrior took me right back to the late 80's and I loved every minute of it.

Thank you so much

Posted by Dr. James MD

26th February, 2008

Rated :

Had to come back and rate this, thanks.

It has really matured with age. Still on my HDD!

Posted by erghhhhx

2nd March, 2008

Rated :

awesome shit...

Posted by NeoMonkey

2nd April, 2008

Rated :

I love this game... I have played this 5 times through.

Posted by AndyUK

12th April, 2008

Rated :

Just played it, nice game although i got a bit bored with it after a while.
It seems like you used The Amstrad cpc Basic font too.

Posted by Neuro

14th April, 2008

It's the Text Blitter default font

Thanks for all the comments, guys! Glad people are still enjoying this

Posted by erghhhhx

26th April, 2008

Rated :

Just gotta say again... This game is fucking awesome. I like everything about it.

Posted by Pixelthief

1st January, 2009

Rated :

i loved the style but it was a wee bit too short

Posted by Torava

2nd January, 2009

Rated :

n/a

Posted by jamieo

20th August, 2009

Rated :

Great game. There was nothing I really didn't like about it. The linear styled gravity seemed a bit odd at first, but after a while it just feels... right. It fits the game so well. It feels like a jet pack of sorts.

I also encountered the boss room glitch, but only once after fighting him about 7 times. So its not every time.

Enemy AI is great.

I would just love to see a bit more polish in the game (iron out the glitches) and maybe a bit more content (it IS very short) and it would be a professional quality game.

Maybe an extra difficulty mode after beating it, where every single hit is an instant kill.

Just wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing the source file?

Posted by Neuro

20th August, 2009

Afraid I don't have the source on hand, but I'd gladly share it if I did! I'll probably spend a lot more time on anything I release in future, nothing I've posted on this site took any more than a month or two :/

Thanks for the comment, I would never have seen it if TDC didn't have this tasty new comment notifier.

Posted by jamieo

20th August, 2009

Rated :

If you ever stumble across the source, let me know. I'd love to pick at this game's innards.

Posted by Neuro

20th August, 2009

It's actually really simple, all one frame with the sections split up, spawns enemies when you enter a section, really really simple platform movement, and just basic value control for abilities. I think the most complicated thing is the behavior for those Aliens.

There's not much to pick at

Someone made a map of all the sections put together, though. Sent it in an email randomly one day. It's kinda cool, would you like me to send it to you?

Posted by nim

30th September, 2009

Rated :

Just coming back to rate this. Greatly enjoyed it!

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