Amazon Tales

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Amazon Tales

Game No.	485
Voting	7.60 points, 5 votes
Developer	Coding: Richard Bayliss Design: Alf Yngve Start screen: Trevor Storey Tapeloader: Martin Piper
Publisher	The New Dimension (TND)
Musician	Richard Bayliss
HVSC-File	//MUSICIANS/B/Bayliss_Richard/Amazon_Tales.sid
Release	2019
Platform	C64
Genre	Actionadventure, Platformer (Scrolling Screen)
Gamemode	Single player
Operation
Media
Language
Information	Release 2012 (75%-Version RGCD 16 KB Game Cartridge Competition)

Description[edit | edit source]

In Amazon Tales, the goal is to find a runaway elephant and vaccinate it against a disease in order to bring it back to its home village. The vet Gemma Hunter takes over this task and has to master 7 levels in total. She has to defend herself against the many dangers of the jungle (dangerous animals, hostile tribes, temple guards and many other nasty surprises) either by dodging or by throwing stones. Helpful are Gemma glowing idol figures, which make her invulnerable for some time and holy treasure chests, which give her a life. In the beginning Gemma has 3 lives.

Design[edit | edit source]

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Final: The saved Elephant

The background graphics in the game and the sprites were lovingly created according to the story. The intro and in-game music are composed to match the game.

Hints[edit | edit source]

Fast-moving animation of the game.

Control

The game is played with a joystick in port 2:

: Go up.
: Go down.
: Go backwards.
: Go forward.
: Throw stones.

Key = CTRL : Pause game.
Key = ↑ : Exit game.

Points

There are points for shot down opponents.

Solution[edit | edit source]

There are two helpful items in the game that either protect for a short time (idols) or help to give you an extra life (treasure chests). If possible, collect the items.

Cheats[edit | edit source]

Selection menu for cheat options

In the CSDb there is a crack with a trainermode, for example with unlimited life. ^[1]

Voting[edit | edit source]

Voting of the C64-Wiki-User (10=the best vote):
7.60 points at 5 votes (rank 224). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
C64Games	4	9. February 2020 - "reasonable" - 451 downs
CSDb	9,5	5. January 2020 - 234 downloads 8 Votes

Reviews[edit | edit source]

Sledgie: "The completion of the missing 25% has been well done. Altogether a good game from the game collection of Richard Bayliss. I give the game 8 points."

Jodigi: "Very impressive what kind of game you can still develop for a C64 these days, even if the final completion took about 7 years...! So playing the C64 is fun again!"

FXXS: "Thanks to a generous number of extra-life treasure chests and fair starting levels even for beginners in the sidescroller genre fun and technically there is little to complain about. 8 points."