Lollypop

Lollypop - это 2D-платформер для компьютеров Amiga и MS-DOS PC от датских и немецких разработчиков Brainbug. Вы играете за ожившую куклу Лолли, которая должна остановить злодеев, которая атакует, стреляя леденцами на палочке (отсюда название). Можно подбирать бонусы и атака будет улучшаться. Игра довольно красиво нарисована. Чтобы выйти с уровня, надо найти 4 части паззла и дойти до босса. Сложность в игре - запредельная. У вас есть максимум 7 жизней, по 4 деления здоровья. Но если вы поставите 5 или 7 жизней, дальше конца 3-го уровня вас не пустят, так что надо играть с 3 жизнями. Вы открываете сундуки, в них могут быть как полезные предметы, восстанавливающие здоровье, увеличивающие прыжок или временная неуязвимость, так и вредные - например перепутанное управление, невозможность прыгать или вообще мгновенная смерть. После окончания каждого уровня вам дают пароль для сохранения, но сколько жизней у вас было на момент завершения уровня, столько и будет после загрузки пароля. Между уровнями жизни не восстанавливают и продолжений тут нет. Игра будет наказывать вас постоянно за каждую совершённую ошибку - коснулись врага, упали в пропасть, упали с большой высоты. Часто даже кажется, что разработчики троллят игрока. Монстры в ней респавнятся каждые несколько секунд и появляются с разных сторон экрана. Игра очевидно создана для перепрохождения уровней. Уровни заучить кстати довольно несложно, в этом игра честна. В этом выпуске есть как версия со звуком Sound Blaster, так и с CD-Audio треками. В игре 8 уровней, многие из них настоящие лабиринты. Боссы бывают как лёгкие, так и посложнее. Честно игру я пройти не смог, поэтому во-первых заменил стандартный DosBox на DosBox SVN Daum, в котором есть поддержка сейвстейтов, во-вторых забиндил эти кнопки на геймпад, а играл я с геймпада, игра прекрасно поддерживает геймпады. То есть постоянно сохранялся и загружался. Без этого игра НЕПРОХОДИМА! Один из самых сложных платформеров на моей памяти. Игру я прошёл, удовольствие в целом получил. Игру рекомендую.

This is a game from my early childhood and I was surprised to see it published here in 2023. Nostalgia made me play through it again. Lollypop is a typical early to mid 90s platformer, originally developed for DOS but there was also an Amiga version. You play through a total of 8 large levels, each of them completely unique regarding graphics and enemies. Each level also plays differently: The second level, "Underground", slowly guides you through a series of tunnels and makes you nagivate vertically a lot via elevators. The third level "Rainy Forest" on the other hand mostly scrolls horizontally and is a rather hectic experience, with bees attacking you from both left and right. And the fifth level, "The Mansion", is a complex maze with convoluted corridors and backtracking. At the end of each level, a boss is waiting. Again, those are fully unique, each with their own moveset. The boss fights are mostly unimpressive though - each boss only has one or two mechanics, and once you have figured them out, they become trivial. However, the rest of the game is rather challenging. While Lolly can jump quite high, her movement speed is slow enough that even small gaps are occasionally difficult to leap over and you can easily miss moving platforms. Your weapons are lollypops which you throw at enemies. There are also upgrades which can be found in chests hidden throughout each level, allowing you to throw multiple lollypops at once. These upgrades are very powerful, letting you shower the whole screen with lollypops once you collect enough of them. If you die though, you lose these upgrades again. This makes failing a frustrating experience because you now have to re-do the section you failed on, only this time it's even harder. There are also other gimmicks to collect, like shoes that allow you to jump extremely high or film rolls you can use to take a limited number of photos, destroying each enemy on the screen at once. Overall, gameplay is fun, enemies are diverse and the beautiful graphics are rewarding. The game also has some of the typical problems of early platformers though, in particular unfair sections that are trial-and-error. Some platforms just drop from under your feet without warning and some enemies are hidden so well that they are practially invisible. Level 7, "Frosty Land", is definitely the worst offender in that regard: The stage is full of icicles almost impossible to see if you don't know they are there. They are also difficult to distinguish from other icicles that are just decorative background, and some of the hitboxes are so bad that even after dying multiple times, you're still wondering what exactly even killed you. And while you are trying to figure it all out, birds infinitely spawn from random locations and throw snowballs at you. If you can tolerate such nuisances and are in the mood for a truly retro jump-and-run experience, then you can give this game a chance. It took me roughly 6 hours to complete and even if it's quite old, for me it was worth the money.

출시 시기에 비해 그래픽이 알록달록하고, 음악이 좋습니다. 스테이지가 은근히 사악하게 디자인 되어있어서 피가 깍이는 경우가 많습니다. 4가지 퍼즐 조각을 완성해야만 보스가 등장합니다. 스테이지 내 미니던전중 일부는 던전 출입에 필요한 아이템을 요구합니다. 보물상자에 독버섯이나 거울을 먹으면 조작이 뒤죽박죽이 되어서 먹으면 안되고, 독약을 먹으면 피가 감소하니 주의합시다. 구석진 곳이나 높은 곳에서 점프하면 숨겨진 보물상자를 얻을 수 있습니다. 7번째 스테이지 Frost Land 동굴내에서 강제로 피가 닳게 되는 곳이 2군데 있으니, 그 전까지 조심조심 갑시다. 어렷을 적에는 이 부분 때문에, 클리어 하지 못했었네요. Amiga 버전으로 하면 보스의 공격 패턴이 달라지고, 7번째 스테이지의 불합리하게 피가 닳는 구간이 없습니다. 또한 1스테이지에 숨겨진 텔레포트 공간이 하나 더 있습니다. 필름 최대 갯수도 5개로 늘어납니다. 이 게임을 재밌게 하셨다면, Amiga 버전도 해보시기 바랍니다.

bom jogo. mesmo nunca tendo jogado antes, é bem nostálgico. os cenários e levels são bem criativos e legais de explorar. é meio desafiador (mesmo com o cheat de vidas infinitas), mas nada que irrite. os controles não são customizáveis, o que é uma pena (soube que o DosBox permite mudar as teclas, mas não consegui fazer funcionar). no geral é um excelente jogo.