Rescue on Fractalus!
The game utilizes fractal technology to create the craggy mountains of an alien planet, where the visilibility was drastically reduced by the dense atmosphere. The player controls a fictional "Valkyrie" space…
Rescue on Fractalus! is a shooter developed by Lucasfilm Games, released 1 April 1985 on Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Amstrad CPC and Apple II.
What Rescue on Fractalus! is
Rescue on Fractalus! is a shooter game developed by Lucasfilm Games and released in 1985. It was published by Activision. It is available on Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 Color Computer and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game utilizes fractal technology to create the craggy mountains of an alien planet, where the visilibility was drastically reduced by the dense atmosphere. The player controls a fictional "Valkyrie" space fighter (converted for search and rescue duty) from a first-person view, attempting to land and pick up downed Ethercorps pilots. Some of these mountains hold anti-aircraft guns, which have to be avoided or destroyed. Due to the varied terrain, the direction finder has to be used to locate the pilots, whose visual beacons are often masked by mountain ridges. At higher levels, the enemy Jaggis begin flying kamikaze saucers. The mission area also moves into day/night boundaries. Night…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Official trailer
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