The Martian

Martian DS
General
Author	Team Poo Hill
Type	Shooter
Version	1.2
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2007/07/17
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Martian DS is a homebrew platform shoot'em up.

User guide

Gameplay

You are the Martian - you are BRUTE! You are going to destroy earth and you're starting with this name.

There are two stages to fight your way through. At the end of each stage there is a boss that you must kill.

You can take 3 hits before dying, and you start with three lives.

When you die you will re-spawn at the same location with full health.

When you run out of lives, your game is over and you will have to start over from the beginning of Stage 1.

Powerups

Health up (Red Cross) - Recovers health completely.

One up (Martian head) - An extra mans.

Points (Star) - Gives a boost to your points.

Various Weapons - See below.

Weapons

Machine Gun (blue) - Fires rapidly to the front.

Spread Gun (orange) - Fire a spray of bullets.

Laser Gun (green) - Sends out a devestating laser beam, but reload is slow.

Missle Launcher (yellow) - Fire missles that explode for area and time damage.

Enemies

Popo - A simple policeman who enjoys eating donuts and seems to want nothing to do with Martians.

Red Popo - A more experienced policeman who will fire when he sees you!

Chief - A big man in charge who fires a spread weapon and take take many hits.

SWAT Team - A speedy, well trained officer who can jump and will fire (watch out!).

Window Cop - Hides in open windows and tosses grenades at passing Martians.

Boss Cop - Big nasty cop with digestive problems.

Greenie - Big nasty cop wearing a green uniform, who has a lethal fist and is capable of mighty leaps.

Controls

D-Pad - Move Martian

A - Jump (hold to jump longer)

B - Fire (hold for rapid fire with some weapons)

A+Down - Jump down from platforms

Screenshots

Online emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.

Nintendo DS	Keyboard

Compatibility

The Martian should run on any DS or DS homebrew emulator, except those that do not support libfat.

Changelog

Version 1.2

• Better sound effect support.
• Board to keep Top 10 scores & name entry.
• Various map edits.
• First boss actions tweaked.
• Powerup frequency reduced.

Credits

ThousandKnives (DS port, additional DS graphics, coding, graphics tidying, map design, game design, sound effects).

Jawsh (boss cop, chubby cop, window cop, windows, platforms, gibs, bullets, powerups, text/HUD, title).

Pegwo (popo, hero, swat, background tiles, bullets).

External links

• Author's website - http://www.langaert.com/games.php?area=martian
• GBADev - http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=13701