MetroidRL

MetroidRL is a coffeebreak roguelike

MetroidRL
Beta Project
Developer	Slash
Theme	Futuristic
Influences	Metroid series
Released	2006 Oct 25
Updated	2010 Nov 15 (0.72)
Licensing	Closed Source, Freeware
P. Language	Java
Platforms	Java
Interface	ASCII, Keyboard
Game Length
Official site of MetroidRL

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Description

MetroidRL was an entry for the 2006 October 7DRL programming initiative and is a project in continuous development

Please post bug reports and RFEs to Slashware' Mantis repo: http://slashie.net/mantis or mail java.koder@gmail.com

The game supports midi and mp3 music and wav special effects.

The latest release version is v. 0.73 dated November 21 2010

Quickstart

• Use Spacebar to fire your beam, 'Ctrl' to autofire, 'z' to jump and '2' to Charge.
• If you get lost on the screen, use 's' to identify the icons.
• Use F1 or '?' to bring up the help screen
• Shoot the enemies to destroy them and recover energy and weapons.
• When you reach the base, you can go through any of four elevators. Each one leads to a different area of the base. Use the base Decks as a recovery area if needed.

Plot

Contact with Galactic Federation Weaponry Research Facility "Janus IV" was lost 3 days ago. Three Scout ships sent over to scan the surroundings have been shot down by federation fire and a disruption field has covered the area surrouding the base, preventing long range scanners from detecting any further activity.

Galactic Commander Adam Ring, appointed operations chief for the base, has been judged as a rebel to the federation and must be taken into martial trial.

The base was built over a plasma shaft that goes deep into the planet; spontaneous bursts of plasma energy have been detected on the stratosphere of the planet, indicating possible activity from the base. Also, a class V unidentified spacecraft landed on the base 1 day ago.

Intergalactic Bounty Hunter Samus Aran, you have been assigned a mission: to land on the planet, infiltrate the base and recover sensitive weapon research data. You have been allowed to neutralize any resistance found, including rogue federation personnel.

You are also to recover secret weaponry research sensitive material, which was under development over the four different areas of the base:

   * ATO: Nuclear Research Facility
   * BAC: Biological War Research
   * CHE: Toxic Refinery
   * GEN: Genetics Research Lab

You board your gunship and begin your journey to the planet

Features

• Nonlinear advancement: You must explore the base in order to overcome the different obstacles you will find.
• No experience levels: All advancement is based on the suit upgrades you find
• Tactical Combat: Use your available suit upgrades wisely
• Randomly generated levels
• 2.5D, a simulation of 3D on a 2D space
• Samus suit and enemies based on the Metroid series

Requirements

MetroidRL requires Sun Java 1.6.0 or higher, which is probably already installed in your computer. Get Java Now!

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