James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod
Vectordean of the U.K. released James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod for ECS/OCS Amiga in 1991. James Pond 2 is a 50-FPS scrolling platformer notable for its smooth gameplay, polished presentation and innovative movement mechanics.
James Pond 2 is successor to James Pond of 1990 and predecessor to James Pond 3 of 1994.
In James Pond 2 players control the secret agent and robotically-enhanced mudskipper known as James Pond, aka RoboCod (RoboCop). The object of James Pond 2 is to disarm the bombs disguised as penguins and rescue the kidnapped penguins by defeating Dr. Maybe.
RoboCod can run left and right, look down, crouch (retreat into his shell-armor), jump low, jump high and extend his body upwards to ledges, which he can then grip onto and step incrementally across, hand-over-hand. RoboCod's body can extend not only to the full height of the playfield but actually to the full height of a stage, obstructions-permitting; that is, the screen scrolls vertically as RoboCod extends upwards. RoboCod can also jump on enemies and head-butt blocks and magic boxes to reveal bonuses or spawn enemies. In addition, RoboCod can fly with wings, float with umbrella and ride in car and plane.
Hazards include enemies, spikes and platforms some of which move multi-directionally.
James Pond 2 was designed and programmed by Chris Sorrell, drawn by Chris Sorrell, Leavon Archer and Paul Dobson, and composed by Richard Joseph. Steve Bak of Goldrunner fame contributed to level design.
James Pond 2 Features
- 8x themed levels
- 2,500+ screens of graphics
- Silky-smooth 50 FPS multi-directional and variable-rate parallax screen-scrolling
- Smooth sprite-shifting and color gradients
- Transparent playfield layers, falling snow & screen-shaking effect
- 5x power-ups, secret rooms & bonus levels
- Crisp sound effects: on-jump, on-extend, on-hit and on-climb etc.
- Sprite idle-animation
- Floating point-acquisition graphics
James Pond 2 was distributed on 1x 3.5" 880 kB diskette.
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