DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
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AUTHORS : | Herman Zwaag & Marcel Van Driel |
| TYPE : | Platform |
| RELEASE DATE : | 1985 |
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| CATEGORY : | Platform |
| SECOND CATEGORY : | Game (Software House) |
| ORIGIN : |   |
| NOTES : | Works with Orix and Basic1.1 2023.1
Joysticks works on Twilighte board |
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 IBISUM 22:03 03-March-2018 |
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Honestly one of my favourite games on the Oric, even though it is devilishly difficult .. I'm committed to finishing this game, although I will have to admit I probably won't be able to do it without Oricutrons save feature .. 
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LAURENTD7501:02 08-February-2018 |
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A technical masterpiece on the Oric, be it for graphics or sound effects, with a stunning rendition of Depeche Mode's "New Life" song (don't know if they even bothered to licence it at the time, lol...!!)
The game is really enjoyable, but the playability unfortunately suffers from the incredibly high level of difficulty... You really have to be a top player to pass even the first few levels... That's a shame because if it were toned down a bit it would be as enjoyable as "Manic Miner", which it resembles a lot...
PS - I still remember the introductory cartoon on the title page, absolutely loved it at the time...
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DAVE362219:09 17-September-2008 |
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What a terrible shame. This could so easily have been one the Oric's best games, were it not for the ridiculous difficulty. Clearly there were no such things as playtesters back in the early 80's. I can't even get close to finishing the 1st level, and frankly I can't be bothered trying any more. A good game ruined by bad level design and over strict colision detection. |
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WASKOL17:11 30-November-2007 |
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This game is really nice, colorfull, nice music, etc...
But soooooooooooo hard !
This is NOT what I consider as a good game ! |
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NOBBYSNUTS19:12 27-December-2006 |
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fantastic programming for its time well done morph |
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ROB COOK07:09 29-September-2004 |
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Reiterating the other comments. Technically superb but wasted due to game difficulty. I never completed a single level. |
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MORPHEUS22:05 25-May-2004 |
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By the way, I am not the programmer off course, I meant to type designer and mention Herman as the programmer. Slip of the keys and no way to edit :(
Marcel |
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MORPHEUS22:05 25-May-2004 |
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I am the designer and programmer of this game. It's so weird to see this online after so many years. I apologize for making the game so hard though. My father was able to complete every level, so we thought we made it easy enough. Can you imagine that even I cannot finish the first level without cheating now...
Marcel van Driel |
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_DBUG_14:08 31-August-2003 |
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That's a great game, but hoooooooo so damn difficult :( |
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Well Really nice game, good music, good gfx, but really hard, I never finished the first level ! |
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_DBUG_13:08 19-August-2003 |
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That game is technicaly and graphicaly quite an achievment, but why is it this hard ????
Makes Manic Miner looks like a baby game in comparison. |
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The gfx were nice, the music was great but arghhhhhhhhhhh it was soooooo difficult .... Too Bad |
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ok, I've just finished the game (screenshots to follow soon). And NOTHING happends in the end ! Just loop to level 1 !
Guess they thought nobody would ever finish the game... Pretty lame indeed ! |
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SYMOON00:03 28-March-2003 |
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Well, I finally managed to finish Level 1, but I had to cheat (used the save/restore option from Euphoric). Even with the cheat, it was a hell !
How sad that a brillant game on the technical side is wasted by being much, much too hard. Had there been no cheat, I would have given up very quickly. |
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I tried to play this game. It had good graphic, music and easy controls. But because it was so difficult to play, I later just loaded the game to hear the music - which I found to be great music on an Oric for this periode of time.
I liked the idea, where you with the keys "A" or "S" could turn the volume up or down when the music was playing. |
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LOTHLIN20:11 29-November-2002 |
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A beautifully presented Manic Miner game, but oh! so difficult! |
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