New games for old platforms are sporadic at best. The heyday of seeing 10+ releases a month are long gone, at least for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64. That doesn’t mean we never see anything worth playing released today. Far from it. We still see plenty of interesting titles coming out – they just come out a little more spaced apart. Take Lala Prologue for instance, this is a new 2D side scrolling action game for the Commodore Plus/4 computer.
Yeah, you read that right, the Commodore Plus/4. Based on the work of the Mojon Twins, this version of Lala Prologue is obviously more limited in graphics and sound.
That is fine though. There is a certain charm to the graphics and sound present in Commodore Plus/4 version.
As expected, this is a single screen affair. Complete the challenges of this screen and move onto the next by reaching the border.
The graphics look amazing due to some impressive shading techniques that give the graphics a much more detailed appearance than they really are. This is something NES developers never really caught onto – even though the port of Dragon’s Lair used it to profound effect.
More on Lala Prologue as it is made available.