Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Platypus (Game)



Platypus is the name of a horizontal scrolling shooter game created by Anthony Flack (aka Squashy Software). You play as an antiquated spacecraft (the last of the F-27 Platypus fleet) attempting to defend planet Mungola from Colossatropolis (which has become so overcrowded that its inhabitants are taking over Mungola for space and resources). It goes by a Level-Area structure, with 5 Areas in one Level. You get scores depending on the percent of primary targets and transport carriers you kill.
The music in both Platypus and Platypus 2 on all platforms except iPhone consists of various remixes of Commodore 64 game tunes by various Commodore 64 composers, and performed by various remixers of Commodore 64 music. They originally appeared on CDs from the C64Audio.com label, and were licenced to Idigicon Ltd. by High Technology Publishing Ltd., the current publishers for all composers whose music appeared in the game except Jonathan Dunn who is represented by Bucks Music Publishing Ltd. (and who at the time was unpublished). Where possible, full credits appeared in the distributions, albeit in text file form.

text source: wikipedia.org

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