Martianoids
{{Short description|1987 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Martianoids
|image = Martianoids title.gif
|developer = Ultimate Play the Game
|publisher = Ultimate Play the Game
|designer =
|engine =
|released = 1987
|genre = Action
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = {{cslist|ZX Spectrum|Amstrad CPC|MSX}}
}}
Martianoids is a ZX Spectrum video game developed by Ultimate Play the Game and released in 1987.{{Citation |last=Ultimate Play The Game |title=Martianoids |date=1987 |url=http://archive.org/details/zx_Martianoids_1987_Ultimate_Play_The_Game |access-date=2024-02-16 |publisher=Internet Archive}}
Gameplay
Although it uses isometric projection, as with Ultimate's second-generation isometric releases such as Nightshade and Gunfright, Martianoids used a scrolling display rather than the flip-screen of earlier titles such as Knight Lore and Alien 8.
As with the contemporary Ultimate title Bubbler, Martianoids was not written by the partnership of Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper. It was instead programmed by a team at U.S. Gold, and was therefore an Ultimate game in name only. It was Ultimate's penultimate title for 8-bit home computers. In 1988 the company became Rare, embarking on a long-running partnership with Nintendo to develop console games.
Plot
Players are given a cryptic introduction describing an attack by aliens known as "The Martianoids". The Martianoids enter the player's ship and attack the brain of the ship with "photon weapons".{{Cite web|url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/40/martianoids.htm|title=CRASH 40 - Martianoids}} The player must act to prevent further damage. The player has lasers for defence which destroy internal walls, computer components and so forth, and the aliens.http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/m/Martianoids.txt {{Bare URL plain text|date=March 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041222003912/http://ultimate-wurlde.com/games/martianoidsintro.shtml Martianoids] at Ultimate Wurlde
- {{WoS game|id=0009374}}
- [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/40/martianoids.htm Martianoids review] at CRASH magazine
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Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom