Number 212
(7.7 points)
Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child
1991: 24
The title is a bit of a mouthful, but Mr T here packs plenty of playability.
Riding a water sled on an ocean planet to save a baby, you are tasked with grabbing 'sea sprites' out of the water before exchanging them for a valuable artefact, which will help you save the infant in the end. Each level has a handful of small islands that house one or two of the sprites, and when disturbed they will pop out riding one of a number of vehicles: Bumbers, Forcers, Wompers and so on. Some craft are just annoying, while others can be deadly, destroying either you or your sled. You have several lives and craft at your disposal before the game is over.
Visually, it's pretty amazing what they've achieved here: the animation is top-notch, and the watery environment coupled with sprite scaling gives the game a real 3D feel, a bit like what the SNES could achieve with its Mode 7. Controlling Thompson with just the mouse (and later the space bar) is very simple, but the game can get challenging quickly. This is yet another surprise, and a pleasant one at that. Worth a go, I'd say.
Recommended TOSEC disk(s):Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child (1990)(Broderbund)(US)[cr QTX]
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