The NewZealand Story Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]

Developed and published by Ocean in 1989.

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Tiki the kiwi is on a mission to rescue his family from the clutches of Wally the Walrus, who has bagged the kiwis with a view to turning them into lunch. You must guide Tiki through multiple stages of platforming action, armed with a bow and arrow to take out the bad-guys.

This is a conversion of the arcade classic from Taito and, in my opinion, they did a really good job. The graphics are colourful, well drawn and follow the arcade version and the iconic music has been translated to the C64's SID chip perfectly.

There are only a couple of issues that marr an otherwise perfect conversion:

1) The level timer on 2 of the stages seem far to restrictive for you to complete them in a single life. You can abuse a glitch using a balloon to overcome the first, but level 5-2 is impossible to do without dying at least once.

2) The collision detection goes awry when fighting the weird star things. They multiply and I'm guessing the machine struggles with the sheer number of sprites when you try and shoot them as your projectiles pass straight through them.

The subject matter itself is completely off it's head, but that's what makes it memorable.

Enjoy!
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