The Land of Rustles: Otter and Smoker v1.6 (ZX Spectrum)

Attention: This game is launched with one click under OS Windows, there are also SPG files in the archive to launch the game under TS-Config.

Story

In a land far, far away, under the birch leaves, where the Rustlers dig their burrows, this strange story happened. As we know from school, the rustlers live under our feet, and we can hear them in late autumn when they rustle in the fallen leaves. However, no one has ever seen a live rustler. Well… except for me, of course. And I’m in a hurry to share what I’ve seen with you…

Professor Shurstein (and this is the very clever Shursh) loved solitude. He often said that only when he was alone could he invent all sorts of strange things. This time he invented the time machine that ran on the energy generated by the huge spinning wheel. In fact, it was a time machine that harnessed the energy of the squirrels the professor ran in the wheel. And that would have been OK, but his daughter loved playing with these squirrels, and while the professor was asleep, she, as a curious girl should, started playing with Sam the squirrel, pushing different buttons on the machine.

When the professor woke up, he found that all the settings of the time machine had been messed up and the creatures from different times were some in the future, some in the past, and his daughter was lost in time. So he had to seek help from Otter and Smoker, who, despite their cute appearance, were real ninjas. So began the adventure…

Gameplay

The game is a single-screen platformer. Your task is to traverse the screens and jump on the platforms to kill all the creatures that cross your path. It is recommended to play in pairs, in which case the game is not as difficult. You get bonuses for killing some creatures.

Bonuses:

1. Bomb – blows up all creatures on the screen.
2. Asterisk – enhances your weapons. You can take up to three stars (the strength of the weapon is reflected in the top menu).
3. Shield – taking one-time damage saves your accumulated weapon (its presence is reflected in the upper menu).
4. Mug of Beer – you get extra life.
5. Alarm Clock – Stops all creatures on the screen for a short time.
6. Shoe with Wings – allows you to jump twice, bouncing off the air (its presence is reflected in the top menu).
7. Skull – a badass prize that temporarily changes the player’s control. It’s fun to grab it in the heat of the game 

System Requirements

Minimum: ZXEvolution based on TS-Config + AY8910
Recommended: ZXEvolution with TS-Config + TurboSound + General Sound + full kempston

Technical Data

Resolution: 360×288 256 colours.
Game size: 1.7 MB.

Controls

Keyboard, Kempston, Full Kempston, Redefine Keys

By default

Player 1:
Cursor – Direction
Z – Jump
X – Fire

Also used automatically by default: Kempston, Full Kempston.

Full Kempston:

Crossbar – control.
Start Button – pause the game (only works if Full Kempston is present, no other ways to pause the game)
B Button – to throw a star
A, C or Up Button – to jump

Player 2:
AWSD – Direction
R – Jump
T – Fire

Authors

Code:
– Slip, VBI

Graphics:
– Mister Robin, Joe Vondayl, Colorizator

Music:
– Fatal Snipe

Tester:
– Black Cat

System Requirements

Minimal, Native Hardware

ZX Evolution machine with TS-Config configuration or OS Windows

Recommended, Native Hardware

ZX Evolution machine with TS-Config configuration + TurboSound (2xAY) + General Sound + 8-key Joystick