Rapscallion (1984) 
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| Publisher: Genre: Author(s): Minimum Memory Required: Maximum Players: Joysticks: Language: Media Code: Media Type: Country of Release: Comments: |  Bug-Byte Software LtdArcade Adventure Albert Ball 48K 1 Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor Eng N/A Audio cassette Europe | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
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Issue 31 (Sinclair User) 3rd Jan 2010 11:13Jail bird escapes
DESCRIBED as an animated cartoon adventure Rapscallion from Bug-Byte is more a series of hazardous arcade screens interlinked and controlled by a central theme. The villain Rapscallion has stolen the title deeds to your castle and hurled you into the dungeon. A fairy princess turns you into a bird which enables you to escape.
From the dungeon you move through an assortment of rooms each of which contains various human, animal or physical dangers. Your aim is to find gems and informative pixies.
In the first section, the Wilderness, the task is to find a key to the Magic Labyrinth and a shield which will protect you from the guard. Once that is achieved the wizards who protect the castle gate must be approached, again after many dangers. If you avoid Rapscallion and enter the castle you will then need a magic wand to defeat him and win the deeds.
In all the sections you must trace and enlist the aid of friendly magical creatures. Losing a life turns you into a ghost. That lets you explore the screens of the current section unharmed but to continue the exploration properly your ghost must be reunited with your body. Making a map is recommended. In each new game the helpers and gems which give help are relocated.
Although the graphics seem rather blocky, the range of obstacles is enormous. There is also a save-game option. The graphics are not as sophisticated as Atic Atac or Manic Miner but Rapscallion is still a difficult and complex game.
Richard Price
RAPSCALLION Memory: 48K Price: £6.95 Joystick: Kempston, Fuller, Protek, Interface 2 Gilbert Factor: 6
DESCRIBED as an animated cartoon adventure Rapscallion from Bug-Byte is more a series of hazardous arcade screens interlinked and controlled by a central theme. The villain Rapscallion has stolen the title deeds to your castle and hurled you into the dungeon. A fairy princess turns you into a bird which enables you to escape.
From the dungeon you move through an assortment of rooms each of which contains various human, animal or physical dangers. Your aim is to find gems and informative pixies.
In the first section, the Wilderness, the task is to find a key to the Magic Labyrinth and a shield which will protect you from the guard. Once that is achieved the wizards who protect the castle gate must be approached, again after many dangers. If you avoid Rapscallion and enter the castle you will then need a magic wand to defeat him and win the deeds.
In all the sections you must trace and enlist the aid of friendly magical creatures. Losing a life turns you into a ghost. That lets you explore the screens of the current section unharmed but to continue the exploration properly your ghost must be reunited with your body. Making a map is recommended. In each new game the helpers and gems which give help are relocated.
Although the graphics seem rather blocky, the range of obstacles is enormous. There is also a save-game option. The graphics are not as sophisticated as Atic Atac or Manic Miner but Rapscallion is still a difficult and complex game.
Richard Price
RAPSCALLION Memory: 48K Price: £6.95 Joystick: Kempston, Fuller, Protek, Interface 2 Gilbert Factor: 6
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This title was first added on 15th June 2008
This title was most recently updated on 9th December 2016