Space Hunter

Space Hunter is an action game by Kemco with a similar setting and protagonist as Metroid. You freely visit a couple of planets with the goal to kill the boss enemy. Each planet consists of many rooms with a maze-like structure. With your jetpack you fly through the non-scrolling screens and kill monsters mostly by using bombs. Other extra weapons and items can be found in little dungeons. When you enter a dungeon the screen switches to a top-down view and after killing all the monsters in the mini-dungeon you are awarded with a hint or a special item. Bosses can only be killed by special items which are often found on different planet so you have to constantly switch between them. Once a boss is beaten the planet explodes and after beating all planets a hidden last planet appears which houses the final boss enemy. Slain enemies leave power ups for your extra weapons or refreshing your health meter. Graphics are average, playability is soso. The music is quite nice, but in the end its too short and there are only two tunes in the whole game. What I disliked most is the search for the necessary extra weapons. Often they are too well hidden behind invisible doors. And killing monsters is really frustrating with your standard bomb.


teran01 # 2010-02-24 21:56:56

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