Armalyte
(aka Delta II) was a fabby little shooter
for the C64 in the R-Type/Gradius style,
and was probably (along with Archer
Maclean's Dropzone) the best pure
shoot-em up the 8-bit machine ever saw.
Utilizing some very clever muliplexing
techniques to get round the problem of
the 64 only having 8 sprites, Armalyte
featured 8 levels with dozens of aliens
and loads of fire power flying all over
the shop, and none of the flicker that
plagued many lesser Commodore games.
It was also one of the few
space shmups to originate from the sunny
county of Devonshire here in the UK
(fact!)
Boss Pictures on
right:
1.
The first level boss, a bit of pushover
frankly. Reminds me of of the first level
boss from 'Salamander' with a blue
respray ;)
2.
One of the mid-level bosses says hello..
3.
Level 3 boss, and a bit of a bast to
boot. Sorry about the blurryness, he was
movin around a lot hehe...
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