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Kablooey
Redux is a modern remake of the classic 'Mad Bomber' game made popular
by the Activision game KABOOM.
The
mad bomber is back! He's atop the city buildings, laying waste
to the streets below with his deadly bombs. The Top Cop on
the force has been brought forward to catch the bombs and
foil the bomber. That
Cop is you! Catch
the falling bombs in your bomb squad buckets and show the
Department what you're made of! The Air Unit will drop you
special powerup weapons to help aid in your battle against
the bomber. Kablooey
Redux is a fast, arcade action game - it isn't overly brain
surgery. You control three bombsquad buckets on the bottom
of the screen. The bandit at the top of the screen drops bombs
(progressively more and faster) which you must defuse by catching
them with your bucket. Once you have caught enough bombs,
you go on to the next level. Miss
a bomb? You'll lose a precious bomb squad bucket. Lose them
all - and you'll be booted from the Police force and lose
that gold watch! As
you play, a police helicopter will fly by and drop you a random
powerup. Catching the powerup will invoke the noted weapon
on the capsule. See Powerups below. Powerup
help give you the edge against the bomber. Every level, a
police helicopter will fly by randomly and drop a random powerup
capsule. You must catch the capsule with one of your buckets.
Upon catching, you are awarded the powerup. Some powerups
last only a few moments. Others last only the current level.
Finally, a powerup could be permanent. Before
you battle the bomber, check out your weapon arsenal: Mag
Pull Big
Buckets Detonator
* Extra
Bucket Slow
Bombs
* Split
Buckets * Super
Points * Big
Bombs
* Shield Freeze
Bomber * MODERN
MODE (Default) The
moment you miss a bomb, you lose a paddle and the level
continues. You must have lightning fast reflexes to recover
from the loss of a bomb. This is the 'faster, harder, more
challenging' version of the game. In this mode, you will
spawn your extra buckets with the right mouse button during
play. During Modern Mode play features dropping powerups
and bonus games. CLASSIC
MODE (Registered
Version Only) When
you miss a bomb, all the bombs on the screen blow up, the
level is restarted, and you must face the level again with
one less bucket. This is the 'traditional' KABOOM! style
of play. You don't have to have fast reflexes to recover
from the lost bomb. However, in Classic Mode, there are
no powerups or bonus levels. It is strictly old school.
You get an extra bucket every 5 levels. The
game has several options you may choose from. In addition
to playing the game CLASSIC or MODERN, you can select how
loud the music is during gameplay and if you would like
to allow your scores to be posted to our web-based internet
scoreboard. These options are saved automatically and will
be the same next time you play. If you choose Internet Posting
to be allowed, please make sure you are connected to the
internet before playing. Unpredictable results may occur
if you are not online when you try to submit. Note:
You can navigate all the menus with the mouse + wheel +
buttons or arrow keys + Enter. If
you are good enough and beat a score on the high score table,
you will be allowed to enter your initials. Use the mouse
(left and right) or mousewheel to select a letter, then
press the left mouse button to enter the initial. You are
allowed three letters. You can RUB (erase the current letter)
with the right mouse button. The
high scores are permanent and will be available from game
to game. The high score screen is presented every 5 seconds
at the main menu if you don't press any key. You can abort
the viewing and jump right back to the menu with any key
or mouse click. If
you have elected to post your score to the internet, the
game will then attempt to connect to our servers and add
your score to our database. You will immediately be given
your position on the scoreboard, right in the game. You
must place on your local scoreboard in order to be considered
for the world scoreboard. To
view all the scores, visit the Kablooey
Redux website. A
little info screen about the game. I'd appreciate you viewing
it at least once. You can return to the main menu with any
key or mouse click. Bombs
are worth the same number of points as the level you are
on. If you are on Level 5, the bombs are worth 5 points
apiece, for example. However,
its worth pointing out that each bucket is worth progressively
more points to catch bombs. The top bucket is worth 1x the
score (so Level 5 bombs caught with the top bucket are worth
5 points). The middle bucket is worth 2x score (Level 5
bombs are worth 10 points when caught with the middle bucket),
and the bottom bucket is worth 3x the score (do the math). Every
5 levels you are awarded an extra bucket. Note
that some powerups can make the the bombs worth MORE (see
Powerups). Like
I said, this isn't brain surgery. You won't need a flight
manual to figure this game out. Suffice to say: -
Use the first couple of slower levels to utilize the bottom
bucket as much as possible. -
Be selective with the powerups you catch. Remember, many
powerups will cancel out existing ones. -
Don't wait until you're down to one bucket to spawn another
one. Try to keep two buckets on the screen at all times. -
Split Bucket isn't horrible - just keep your eyes on the
top one. If
you have comments or suggestions (constructive criticism
is fine - but let's play nice) or just want to get the latest
version of the game, here is all the information you need: Email
Shane R. Monroe (Comments) Visit
the Kablooey Redux Website (latest versions are always
here) Visit
the Dark Unicorn Productions Website (more of our games) |
