Toxic Ravine
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Toxic Ravine is a small action computer game where one needs a lot of patience to successfully complete the two different levels to get the highest score possible. Version 1.1 was released in 1989 as shareware
for the Macintosh. Version 2.0, adding color, came out the following year, in a shareware version and also a boxed version marketed by Pointware, Inc. The game is now abandonware
, thus can be downloaded free on the internet today, though neither version will run under Mac OS X.
The unique sound of all the little guys("PANG clones") yelling repeatedly 'I'm hungry!' is known to be memorable among those who have played the game before.
The game was inspired by the 1977 Atari coin-op video game Canyon Bomber
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After the toxic waste is cleaned up, the player moves on to the second and last challenge, which is to rescue more little guys escaping from the caves at the right and left of the screen. The player drops rocks and elevators to create a way for them to reach the top and also drops apples to feed them so that they have enough energy to continue their journey.
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
for the Macintosh. Version 2.0, adding color, came out the following year, in a shareware version and also a boxed version marketed by Pointware, Inc. The game is now abandonware
Abandonware
Abandonware are discontinued products for which no product support is available, or whose copyright ownership may be unclear for various reasons...
, thus can be downloaded free on the internet today, though neither version will run under Mac OS X.
The unique sound of all the little guys("PANG clones") yelling repeatedly 'I'm hungry!' is known to be memorable among those who have played the game before.
The game was inspired by the 1977 Atari coin-op video game Canyon Bomber
Canyon Bomber
Canyon Bomber is a black-and-white 1978 arcade game, developed and published by Atari. The game was ported to the Atari 2600, also in 1978.-Gameplay:...
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Objective
The player controls a blimp from which he needs to drop bombs on toxic waste to get rid of it. Different types of debris react differently to being bombed. Patience is the key to get the highest score and to survive because one must not drop bombs too fast since that will likely kill the PANG clones that must be rescued (using a magnet-shaped robot that is deployed from the blimp). Also, one must not drop bombs on the floor, else toxic wraiths will escape from the canyon floor and damage your blimp.After the toxic waste is cleaned up, the player moves on to the second and last challenge, which is to rescue more little guys escaping from the caves at the right and left of the screen. The player drops rocks and elevators to create a way for them to reach the top and also drops apples to feed them so that they have enough energy to continue their journey.
External links
- [ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mac/games/poon.sit Toxic Ravine] as a StuffItStuffItStuffIt is a family of computer software utilities for archiving and compressing files on the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms: it was originally produced for the Macintosh. An old version for Linux and Sun Solaris 2.7 or later is also available...
archive in FUNETFUNETFUNET is the Finnish University and Research Network, a backbone network providing Internet connections for Finnish universities and polytechnics as well as other research facilities. It is governed by the state-owned CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd. The FUNET project started in December 1983 and...
's FTP archive of old Macintosh games - "Mini vMac" Macintosh emulator that can run System 6.0.8 which play Toxic Ravine 1.1 perfectly well with the sound.