Title: Berzerk
Genre: Maze
Author(s): Pixel Forge
Medium: Rom 32KB
Hardware requirements: MSX1, 16KB
Navigate a humanoid through an endless maze of interconnected rooms, blast robots, rack up points, and stay alive as long as you can in this Pixel Forge port of Berzerk.
The original Berzerk arcade game by Stern Electronics dates back to 1980, just before the dawn of the MSX era. Pixel Forge made a true port for this maze game for our beloved system and threw it in this years compo. The MSX had an earlier port developed by Aackosoft back in the eighties, whereas this new version is much faster, more nerve-wracking, and includes PSG samples.
The game features a Humanoid Intruder navigating maze-like rooms filled with robots that slowly advance and fire at them. Players can shoot back at the pursuing robots while trying to escape to the next room, sealing the door behind them. If you dare to stay too long in a room, Evil Otto appears making it even harder to exit the stage.
Press space or hit trigger A and suddenly you’re trapped in a blue, four-walled world. Instructions are included in the package, together with the ROM file.
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