236 · To The Earth
Use your Zapper Light Gun to Blast Deadly UFO’s Hurling Meteors, and Angry Aliens on a Cosmic Battlefield!
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SHOW NOTES
To The Earth
Cirque Verte
Nester
Gun.Smoke
Gumshoe
Cowboys vs Planes
Show notes
- Be the skateboarding champion of the world
- NES Longplay
- Introductions
- The Zapper lives, but it actually hasn’t been too long since its last appearance. This is the THIRD zapper game for 1989
- Nintendo is still publishing these Zapper games, but they aren’t developed by them. This one was made by Cirque Verte…WHO?!
- This is the only game they ever made. Was this a pop up org by Nintendo of America
- Overview
- Destroy incoming enemy spacecraft, bombs, missiles, and asteroids without destroying friendly vessels.
- Missile Command with Friendly Fire
- Destroy incoming enemy spacecraft, bombs, missiles, and asteroids without destroying friendly vessels.
- Story
- "It's 2050. The Ragossians have invaded the earth with a dastardly bacteriological weapon! The human race is facing the danger of extinction. You are on a special mission to bring the antibacterial agent from the Neptune-Terrestrial Allied Force base, 'Triton', to the Earth. You must break through the invaders' cordon. Time is limited! The fate of the earth is in your hands. Save it!"
- Gameplay
- very quick enemy ships and asteroids, the game is considered to be one of the most challenging NES Zapper games
- The shield of the player's spacecraft constantly goes down with each missed shot at an enemy.
- Players can use a powerful bomb to destroy everything on screen, shoot a comet power-up that grants temporary protection from a limited number of hits, and a shield-repairing item dropped off by a friendly spacecraft. Game bosses are fought at the end of each level as the player moves through the Solar System.
- Could there be a Zapper SHMUP
- Nester from Nintendo Power shows up at the end of the game
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- To no ones surprise. None! Do you think there’s a bias towards games released earlier in a consoles life getting more “franchise” behavior because they were first, sold longer, sold better, etc.
- EGL
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