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| The Martian DS | |
| File:Martiands1.png | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Team Poo Hill |
| Type | Platform Shooter |
| Version | 1.2 |
| Licence | Mixed |
| Links | |
| [Media:MartianDSbinds.zip Download] | |
| Website | |
| Source | |
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You are the Martian- you are BRUTE! You are going to destroy earth and you're starting with this name.
How to play
The Martian should run on any DS or DS homebrew emulator, except those that do not support libfat.
Control
Use D-Pad to move your Martian.
A button: Jump (hold to jump longer)
B button: Fire (hold for rapid fire with some weapons)
A button + D-pad down: Jump down from some platforms
Game play
- 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.
Collect powerups to help your mission along:
- 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.
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)
Changelog
- Better sound effect support
- Board to keep Top 10 scores & name entry
- Various map edits
- First boss actions tweaked
- Powerup frequency reduced