Gyro Run [Commodore 64]

An original fun hi score party game written for the CSDB Fun Compo 2021.

Do you remember the classic seaside, fairground arcade machines where you insert a coin into the slot, and control a remote-controlled water boat, bumper car or something like that around the track?

The New Dimension has gone one step further is very proud to present a pretty original hi score attack party game called Gyro Run. A silly game in which you control a moving spinner around the arena attempting to score as many points as you can.

The goal of the game is to grab as many tasty treats that spawn into the arena at random. Also objects can also spawn into a different object. These objects will give points (200, 300 or 500). The treats will also award the spinner a temporary shield which is short lived.

If the spinner crashes into the deadly skulls without a shield (or the shield just run out) a life is lost. It is also possible that treats or skulls will spawn on exactly the same spot as your spinner.  It is best to keep the shield up and running. After approximately 45 seconds, a smart bomb will appear. Pick one of these to clear the arena.

Controlling of the spinner is completely different. There  is a dial at the bottom of the screen, which can be turned to 8 directions, clockwise or anti-clockwise. The spinner can only change direction via the fire button control.

The full game consists of the following features:

• Special tape loader with smart load error detection
• Stunning front end presentation
• Hi Score table (and saver)
• Plenty of music
• Original arcade action which is guaranteed to get your head in a spin (Be it the game or the music itself)
• Game difficulty settings
• Get Ready and Game Over scenes
• Compatible on PAL/NTSC Commodore 64/128 machines, Ultimate 64, and theC64 mini, theC64 and theVIC20 

CONTROLS:

Use joystick in any port (or cursor keys and z if playing online)

LEFT / RIGHT - Turn dial
FIRE - Switch direction of dial

Credits

Programming, title screen/score font, sound effects and music by
Richard Bayliss

Loading bitmap, front end logo graphics and in game graphics by
Hugues (Ax!s) Poisseroux

Tape loader source by Martin Piper with Rack It style appearance modifications by Richard Bayliss

Mastered with:

© 2021 The New Dimension

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