![]() The ramp on the far right of the table was a loop that extended right around the back of the table, with a repeating multiplier that would send the score skyrocketing but right next to this immensely profitable ramp was another ramp which would just send the ball back down the track to the right flipper, which meant having to manipulate the ball once again to gain control with the left flipper. Of the four tables on offer within the game, it was always “Nightmare” that stole my time away… the 1930s horror movie cackle, the creaking doors, the Theremin style soundtrack… and those bloody ramps. This not only included some pretty damn realistic physics, and tables that would put Bally themselves to shame, but the precision involved to send the ball up the required ramps and traps to achieve the goals of the table were made even more difficult by that same pixel precision. Moving on to what may be perceived as the “next gen” in home computers, the fantastic “Pinball Dreams” was unleashed to the Amiga community in 1992 by Digital Illusions. This, as you can imagine, made Zorgon’s Revenge one of the more difficult games on the Oric-1 and that’s before even reaching the horrendous Quadnog level. In the pteranodon and spider level, jumping up to catch the moving zipline at any point other than the exact pixel would mean certain death and if you were lucky enough to catch it as it came towards you, you were left with the same impending doom if you attempted to jump from the zipline to the platform on the other end at any point other than that one precise pixel. The typical Space Invader type games such as “The Ultra” or “Xenon 1″, or the Froggeresque “Hopper” didn’t exactly require much in the way of eagle eyed precision but others such as “Zorgon’s Revenge” (follow up to the aforementioned Xenon 1) absolutely depended on making your move at exactly the right point or the effort would be wasted. ![]() While it never really had the catalogue of games that the Spectrum could boast to (I believe there were around 450 made in total), the quality of the graphics and sound of the Oric-1 meant that the games themselves were able to have an element of precision that wasn’t being offered by other machines of the same era, at least not to the same degree. Ignoring the drab ASCII based games of the ZX80, my first memorable immersion in the sea of gaming came in December 1983 when I opened up the long, rectangular box and saw the beautiful cobalt blue stylings of the Oric-1 packaging illuminating my face like a box of Terry’s All Gold with a halogen lamp retrofitted for added effect. another hero saving a princess, but this guy appears to be wearing a flat cap and pullover! Square Enix is also expected to sell physical releases of the remasters on its store, including an anniversary edition with figurines and an artbook that will set you back $260.Zorgon's Revenge. ![]() Whichever console you choose to play on, you can can get freebies (such as themes and avatars) with your digital purchase if you get the games by May 25th. The PS4 versions will be available for sale later. You can pre-order the whole bundle from the Nintendo eShop right now for $75, but you can also get the first three games for $12 each and Final Fantasy IV, V or VI for $18. And if you want to level up without putting too much time into it, you can switch on boost features to gain four times as much experience points. If you just want to play the games without grinding and running into enemies while exploring, you can turn off random encounters. The console versions of the games will also give you the option to switch between the old and the rearranged soundtracks, as well as between the default font and a new pixel-based font designed to recreate the original gaming experience. Square Enix originally released the pixel perfect Final Fantasy remasters for the PC and mobile back in 2021 with new 2D graphics designed for HD displays, rearranged soundtracks and new gameplay features. ![]() ![]() All six games in the series - the first Final Fantasy, II, III, IV, V and VI - are hitting the PS4 and the Nintendo Switch that day, and you can either buy them in a bundle or individually get the ones you want to play. Open your calendar app and drop a reminder with an alarm for that date if you've been waiting for the console versions of the Final Fantasy "pixel perfect" remasters since Square Enix announced it in December last year. ![]()
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