Hyper Duel

Hyper Duel
Game No.	33
Voting	4.23 points, 13 votes
Developer	Richard Bayliss, dflame
Company	Crypt & The New Dimension
Musician	Richard Bayliss
Release	2008
Platform	C64
Genre	Shoot'em Up, Duel
Gamemode	2 players (simultaneous)
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Description

In Hyper Duel two players play against each other, as the name already implies, with spaceships, whose steering is similar to the one in Asteroids (unfortunately, a computer opponent is not available). Every ship has a shield and a laser canon. The goal is to destroy the shield of the opposing spaceship by shooting, for this 5 hits are necessary. If the spaceships touch each other, this will be without any consequences. If you succeed you get one point. Whoever has reached 9 points (can be set) first, wins.

Design

... an image from the game.

The game takes place in a single screen. The spaceships are unicoloured sprites. In the upper part the shield strength is displayed and in the lower part is the points display for the players. Controls are simple and almost a bit too exact. In the background plays appropriate SID music, which can also get a bit on your nerves after a while.

Hints

... the title screen

Before the game starts you can alter the necessary points to win and the game speed of the spaceships in the title screen.

Controls

in the title screen

• /  : game fast/slow
  
• /  : set points to win 1-9

in the game

•  : turn spaceship left
  
•  : turn spaceship right
  
•  : fire
• Move joystick in flying direction: higher speed of the spaceship
• The rebound behaviour of the spaceship at the border of the screen corresponds to a one of a billard ball

Solution

Just always try to stay calm and not to beat your opponent, he could beat back...

Cheats

Cheats for this game are unknown and don't really make sense.

Voting

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
4.23 points at 13 votes (rank 1052). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
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CSDb	6,3	20th February 2008 - 16 votes

Reviews

Sledgie: "Rather simply made duel game. It is well made for a quick game for two. The music from Richard Bayliss is very good. Altogether the game gets 7 out of 10 points from me".

Miscellaneous

Cover

For this game no official cover was released.

Highscore

• No highscore possible.

Links

• C64Games.de - Game No. 5294
• Fixed version on the homepage of Richard Bayliss
• CSDb - Release No. 62330

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