Rick Dangerous crash lands his plane over the Amazon while searching for the lost Goolu tribe…
But, with the help of an R4 DS Card and the devoted programmers that recreated this game for the Nintendo DS and DSI you can now enjoy this amazing game on your handheld.Can you help and save Rick Dangerous and guide him through the levels to escape the angry Amazonians? I think you can. With the help of your R4 DS and your stylus for the Nintendo DS, you’ll be running through each level with ease… But don’t mistake that for easy.Rick Dangerous is not not an easy platorm game, whether you play the remake or play the original on the Amiga.
One of my best memories of gaming came to me while playing a really cool platform game with a midget version of the Indian Jones character. Undoubltly based right on the hero himself made notable by the movies.With a Giant boulder ball chasing you all through level one, either you’ll get squashed or someone else will.And just who was this really short and funny hero? A young Indian Jones? No… It was none other than Core Designs Rick Dangerous.It was one of the reasons I love my old Amiga 500 so much. Enough that I picked one up on eBay 10 years after I sold my original Amiga 500.
O.K., I am assuming a lot, and assuming that everyone reading this will have heard of or player Rick Dangerous.For the people that have not, here is a quick explanation. Rick Dangerous is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, and 8-Bit computers, as well as for DOS based PCs. It was put out in EU by Rainbird Software and MicroProse in North America back in 1989. subsequently it was released with two other games – Stunt Car Racer and Microprose Soccer on the Commodore 64 Powerplay 64 cartridge.I won’t go into detail on the other packages games because I want to really do justice on the game Rick Dangerous!) and how you can play it using an R4 DS Card with your Nintendo DS.
So why talk about a game that was release back in 1989?How could it be compared or in the same league to what you are now playing. Well, if you know anything about challenging platform games, or are into platform games, you’re reading about the grandfather of platform games Really. Many of the elements from this game have been incorporated into innumerous newer generation platform games.More so than that, it has a lot to do with what is old becoming new again. With the help and dedication of homebrew programmers that make or remake games for the pure love and joy of it.You can play this amazing classic game on your next generation Nintendo DS hand held with the help of an R4 DS Card for Nintendo DS and DSi. And it won’t cost you a cent, because the game is released absolutely FREE. Non commercially, and available for download for your to enjoy on your NDS system (and assorted other systems as well) All you’ll need is an R4 for Nintendo DS for Nintendo DS and the NDS itself of course.
The game was in essence a laughable version of the Idiana Jones Franchise. Set in 1945, British agent Rick Dangerous travels to the Amazon jungle to search for the lost Goolu tribe. His plane crashes down and Rick Dangerous is in the jungle, only to realize he is not alone and must now escape from the clutches of the angy Goolu’s. When you hit the first level of the game you’ll immediately be a part of the action as you guide Rick and try to out run a rolling boulder that is bent on crushing you.
All you have in your armoury arw a few sticks or dynamite and a pistol, and you hav to fight all of the baddies and evade countless traps in three more levels. The second level is set inside a Great Pyramid in Egypt. On Level Three, You and Rick need to take a trip to the Nazi Stronghold of Schwarzendumpf to save the captured Allied soldiers. The rescued soldiers tell him that the Nazis are planning a missile attack on London. Therefore, in the last level Rick must infiltrate their secret missile base.
The original garnered fantastic reviews. Many magazines giving the game 92% or more in the reviews. And I am certain of the R4 DS card version / homebrew version for the Nintendo DS / DSi were ever released commercially, it would garner the same type of reviews, for both its retro look and feel and amazing gameplay. The really amazing thing about this is that it is not a commercial release, and that this free homebrew version has the blessing of the original developers as well.
So get out your Nintendo DS, buy an R4 DS Card and start exploring the amazing world of Rick Dangerous and other great homebrew games for the Nintendo DS system.
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