Terminus (1986 video game)
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Terminus is a video game by Mastertronic
. It was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum
, MSX
and Amstrad CPC
. The game is set inside a futuristic prison consisting of 512 screens. The purpose is to release Brain, the leader of a teenage gang called The Wanglers. http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/Data/Spectrum/T/instructions/Terminus-ThePrisonPlanet.txt The player controls one of four characters: Mobod and Xann who move by flying, Magno who moves around by clinging to roofs and Spex who moves around by bouncing. The player can change characters by using one of the transports hidden around the prison and must unlock sections of the prison by using teleports.
During the game the player must also avoid traps which include lava pools, needle beams, creatures, compressor rooms (activated by touching wall sensors) as well as the numerous guards. Energy can be restored by using recharge units located around the prison complex.
Mastertronic
Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99...
. It was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
, MSX
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
and Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...
. The game is set inside a futuristic prison consisting of 512 screens. The purpose is to release Brain, the leader of a teenage gang called The Wanglers. http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/Data/Spectrum/T/instructions/Terminus-ThePrisonPlanet.txt The player controls one of four characters: Mobod and Xann who move by flying, Magno who moves around by clinging to roofs and Spex who moves around by bouncing. The player can change characters by using one of the transports hidden around the prison and must unlock sections of the prison by using teleports.
During the game the player must also avoid traps which include lava pools, needle beams, creatures, compressor rooms (activated by touching wall sensors) as well as the numerous guards. Energy can be restored by using recharge units located around the prison complex.