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Description

You play a small green guy who needs to blow up eight towers, because their presence is somehow poisoning the water of planets which could potentially be ideal colonies. Unfortunately you need to get to the top of these towers to blow them up.

You make your way up to the top of the tower via walkways around the outside of the towers. You need to jump over, kick, and run from various enemies in your journey to the top. Most vertical movement is achieved by jumping onto moving ledges at the right moment.

The game was considered revolutionary in its time for its graphic technique. As the main character walked around the outside of the tower, the character was fixed in the middle of the screen while the tower itself rotated. This gave it a pseudo-3D effect.

Towers are linked together via a voyage through the sea in your trusty MK.7 submarine. This plays out as a side-scrolling collect-'em-up in which bonus points can be obtained.

Alternate Titles

  • "Nebulus" -- European title
  • "Kyorochan Land" -- Famicom title
  • "Castelian" -- NES title

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User Reviews

Dismal instructions and some random elements try but fail to scupper a classic Martin Smith (64035) unrated

The Press Says

Retrogaming History May 12, 2009 9 out of 10 90

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Trivia

For some reason, the title screen is in 16 colors only in the EGA version. The Tandy/PCjr version uses the 4 color CGA title screen, however all other screens (including the game itself) are in 16 colors.


This entry was contributed by Johnny "ThunderPeel2001" Walker (425), Gene Davison (744), RKL Bronze Star Contributing Member (5632), Kabushi (48040), Martin Smith (64035) and gamewarrior (5118)
 

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