Rocket Knight - first two levels

Published 13 May, 2010 Duration 14:24

Platforming! Shooting! Primary colours!

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  • binster #1 2 years ago

    Played this the other day, ace :)

    It's great fun zooming around with the rocket dash...

  • Prox #2 2 years ago

    Cool game ;)

    I definitely recommend playing it on Hard difficulty as the early levels on 'normal' will feel easy if you're an experienced platform gamer. This video is the standard 'normal' difficulty.

  • wizlon #3 2 years ago

    isn't 1200 points a bit steep though?

  • Skandalle #4 2 years ago

    looks cool, refreshing to come away from the spectrum of gray/brown!

  • Ceelion #5 2 years ago

    It's silly, but games like this remind me of my childhood. I never owned Rocket Knight for the mega drive, but seeing this makes me wish I did.

  • fizzyfish #6 2 years ago

    I love how, true to its 16-bit, sprite-based roots, thwarted enemies fall off the bottom of the screen in FRONT of the scenery :)

  • rodpad #7 2 years ago

    I'll reserve judgement for the gameplay, but the sound effects are out of place and the GUI font looks like it belongs in the newer Worms renditions.

    Feels more like a fan made nod than an extension of the franchise, which is a shame.

  • fizzyfish #8 2 years ago

    I'm sure that gem-collection sound is from Peggle...

  • DRE4DNOUGHT #9 2 years ago

    isnt this Sparkster from SNES back in the day?

  • curtlikesmeat #10 2 years ago

    I used to have this on the Megadrive - it's either change in style quite a bit or it's not quite how I remember - the theme tune is still the same though!

  • RobotRocker #11 2 years ago

    Oooh. I like that remix of the first level. Hopefully they have some more.

    The lack of bosses is a really bad sign though as you would usually find 3-6 bosses in a stage in the original. 1st level had the Flamethrower tank, Water Dragon Robot thing and the Mechanical Caterpillar and the second level even threw you into a boss battle first thing (I practically know that game off by heart, I played it so much).

    1200 points is a bit much of a gamble though. I'll wait till a deal of the week.

  • ianegg #12 2 years ago

    I loved the original but never got far in the sequel because the gameplay had changed for the worse. I played the demo of this this evening and it felt more like the latter to me, which is a shame because it has some nice little nostalgia inducing touches.

    I hate the art style though. The new character designs are bloody awful.


    Did anyone ever release a mod/cheat/hack/whatever to play as the bad dude in the original? That was my ultimate dream for an unhealthily long time... (He looked much better in the purple armour than this winged red freak.)


    edit: I'll probably pick this up if it ever goes on offer for a much lower price.
    Edited by ianegg at 13/05/10 @ 23:28

  • mfnick #13 2 years ago

    1200 Points :-(

  • kangarootoo #14 2 years ago

    1200 points is what, about £10? If this was on disc that would be considered a bargain would it not?

    Is it partcularly short, or is this just a DLC-disliking thing?