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Aeronuts
Author: Abstauber Resolution: 320x200 at 16-bit color Downloaded: 3560 times (15.5 Mb) Genres: Contemporary, Original Length: Short games
Added on: 25 November 2009 Website: (none) Content advisory: None  None  None Ratings: AGS Panel: (what is this?) Player rating: 81% Awards won: Best Programming in an Adventure 2009 THE BARON STRUCK AGAIN!!! As every Friday, Elfie McMillen wants to visit her dad at the military base where he is working as a scientist on a covert mission. Unfortunately, the Army is not the only one interested in McMillen's brain power. Baron Borisov, always mean and greeding for power, doesn't hesitate to get him under his thumb. So he and his henchmen hijacked Elfie's father and brought him to his secret sea fortress. But Elfie sticks to her guns and tries to find her dad... with your help! Features: 50% classic low-res adventure * tricky objectives * classic LEC-style GUI and still no push'n pull puzzles * GIRL POWER! 50% Retro Arcade * insane boss fights * cutscenes like it's 1995 again! * adjustable difficulty The newest version also contains a reworked collision detection. Have fun! PS: If you don't like installers, the mirror link leads to the plain zip file. * Winner of the MAGS Competition Nov'09 * * Winner of the MAGS favourite 2009 Download Now - Download from Mirror 1 (if the download doesn't work, try Right Click, Save Target As)
User ratings for Aeronuts:
From 13 peoples votes so far: (vote here) Visual: 87% Immersion: 83% Puzzles & Pacing: 75% Overall Enjoyment: 81% You can see a detailed breakdown of the votes.
Aeronuts was brought to you by:
abstauber  Graphics, Story, Scripting and SFX Ben304  proof-reading DrewCCU  Music
Other games by Abstauber:
Alles Euro / Everything Euro (Short games) Indiana Jones and the Secret Chamber of Schloss Brunwald (Short games) The Vestibule (demo) (Demos)
AGS Panel review for this game:
The AGS Review Panel has left a comment about this game: This impressive MAGS entry has a female protagonist solving puzzles and shooting down enemy planes on her quest to find her dad. Aside from a few grammar mistakes, action and adventure fans will find a lot to like with this short but fun little game.
User comments about Aeronuts:
Posted by Piotr OBKINSKI on 2010-06-17 at 21:52 (IP logged): Amazing little MAGS game, your backgrounds are bluffing me. Posted by Andy on 2010-01-06 at 20:53 (IP logged): I actually found the arcade part of the game to be better than the adventure, and I mean that in a good way. On hard mode, or whatever that button was at the end, the game is most challenging, and winning it felt quite rewarding. I think this may contradict the comments made below, but I believe this to be because a newer version 1.1 has been implemented since then that has improved the arcade part. The adventure is alright too, and well made up for a MAGS entry. Posted by jkohen on 2009-11-28 at 12:13 (IP logged): Great graphics. It's amazing this was pulled off for a MAGS entry. The music and audio effects are very well balanced and fit the game extremely well. The character portraits are well done, and their personalities, too, though the characters were too "manga-ish" for my taste. The puzzles were OK, but I was put down by the compulsory action sequence. After several utterly boring minutes of shooting down airplanes with absolutely no challenge at all --which actually defeats the point of an action sequence-- you need to shoot down a carrier to the bottom of the sea, while the difficulty shoots up to the high sky. I put up a fight but eventually I lost. I considered replaying the arcade section looking forward to the next adventure part, but when I picked the "restart the level" option the game crashed, so I left it alone. Still the art of the game was great, so kudos to the authors for that.

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