Paradroid (1985)
Genres:Strategy, Puzzle, Shooter, Tactical
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:The game is set on a spaceship viewed from a top-down perspective. The ship consists of numerous rooms and levels, each one populated by hostile robots or "droids". The player, in control of a special droid called the "Influence Device", must destroy all the other droids on the ship. Each droid (including the player) is represented as a circle around a three-digit number. The numbers roughly correspond to the droid's "power" or "level", in that higher-numbered droids are tougher to destroy.
The Influence Device is numbered "001". The primary way in which the Influence Device destroys other droids is by "linking" with them, effectively taking them over. When the player takes over another droid, the previously-controlled droid is destroyed.Show more
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Paradroid and hewson games are a staple in the video game industry.
The game takes place over the map of space ships, with lifts that you can access and health pads.
The genius thing was not all floors were accessible through each lift pad so you had to search them out, whilst either avoiding other droids, taking them out or bashing into them and try to transfer to them (& take them over).
The sound effects are great, the presentation superb, this game has spawned many others that have borrowed the mechanics and rightly so, its a perfect way for a gamer to level up!
Hewson were always a stand out publisher on the C64 and for anyone reading this I would say search them out, they still help publish games today. Playing Paradroid and working in the games industry for over 30 years led me to Messiah and Space Station Silicon Valley (another fav by DMA design).
If anything Paradroid shows how with limited recourses you can really squeeze out the feeling of discovery and panic before your demise.
A Legendary game, that needs to be saved!
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