Moai / Easter Island statue things in Speccy games

[Lee Bee]

The new game Janky Joe has some Moai:



I think it's meant to be DOH from Taito's Arkanoid games:



DOH also makes an appearance in Rainbow Islands, where he has his own level:

[R-Tape]

Those are all already at Moai's site* and the ZXDB group @Lee Bee.

*It's only just occurred to me what an eccentric premise this is - commendable!

[Lee Bee]

Those are all already at Moai's site* and the ZXDB group @Lee Bee.

My mistake, I assumed that all new entries would be mentioned here first before being added, so I only bothered to search this thread. I still think it's fun to mention them here anyway.

[sn3j]

I of the mask
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... f_the_Mask

[Einar Saukas]

I of the mask

I don't think it counts. Despite the appearance, that's supposed to be a mask, not a moai.

[sn3j]

I don't think it counts. Despite the appearance, that's supposed to be a mask, not a moai.

Hm, probably. I'd rather see it as suggestion.

[Lee Bee]

It may be a "mask" but the cover artwork depicts it as a huge sculpted figure standing tall on the landscape with a smaller man in the foreground running away from it. This is clearly a depiction of a Moai, even if the depiction is inconsistent with the game's instructions. It would seem very wrong not to include it in a list of Moai.

[R-Tape]

This is clearly a depiction of a Moai, even if the depiction is inconsistent with the game's instructions. It would seem very wrong not to include it in a list of Moai.

Not for me. The Inlay looks a bit more like it, but it's a robot mask on Planet Newgamma III. All the others in this group are clearly intended to be Maoi.

Where's Sandy White when you need him?!

[moai]

Yeah, I have been aware of this one for a while but a group of independent judges chose to not to include it on Moai Games as it's not quite Moai enough (no ears, no monobrow, nose too protruding rather than long) and it's referred to as a Mask. If you compare to, say, Star Fox 2 the difference is enough.

Who knew it would be so difficult?

Only Sandy White can say for sure!

[R-Tape]

a group of independent judges

You called in the big guns? Not... not.. The Venerable Council for Maoi Excellence?

[sn3j]

Glub


https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... ctrum/Glub

[R-Tape]

Glub

You've just put my Sunday morning plans out of whack - I had to play this through once I'd started! There are some pretty cruel infy deaths, but the game is short.

Nice spot, and not a bad game either. I was going to say 'great game for BASIC', but there are some machine code calls in there.

[Ralf]

Glub is a nice surprise to me. Look really all right for an amateur Basic game from the 80s.
It's just quite hard like a typical Spanish game.

[sn3j]

How do I get past the spheres in screen 2?

[R-Tape]

How do I get past the spheres in screen 2?

That's the first cruel trap. You need to land further to the right hand side. Don't just drop into that screen, jump and then drop.

[sn3j]

Oh wow, I died a million times.

[moai]

Glub


https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... ctrum/Glub

A bit late but adding to queue now!

Really need a year of release for this one.

[sn3j]

A bit late but adding to queue now!

Really need a year of release for this one.

Welcome back.
Erm, I don't know. Maybe someone with knowledge of the Spanish software market can help to fix the missing release date.