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|    Re: Trying to remember the name of this     |
|    07 Jan 16 19:59:57    |
      On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:06:54 PM UTC-8, gamemaster wrote:       > Hello all,       > I am trying to remember the game, but it is evading me. It was a top       > down type game similar to Pacman but the maze structure was a lot       > smaller since all the characters were much bigger. The players       > character was a guy in a space suit with a laser blaster (shot red       > beams). You could move up down left or right and when you did your       > character turned facing the blaster in that direction. The monsters       > were green (I think although they were different types) and wandered       > around. If you impacted them it looked like you melted or got ate with       > a sucking type sound. After winning a few levels by shooting all the       > monsters there would be a mystery bonus person/object that would quickly       > flip though the screen. It looked like a person and was purple if I       > remember right. If you shot it you got a mystery point amount. The       > game music really sped up when the mystery object was around. The start       > up screen showed all the monsters from lowest point to highest (lowest       > at top highest at bottom) and the mystery person/object at the vary       > bottom. Pressing the fire button started the game. The maze/screen had       > a Sci-fi feel and changed as you went up in levels.       >       > Sound like a game anyone remembers?               Berzerk!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)    |
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