Cobra Triangle
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Game Title:Cobra Triangle
System:Nintendo NES
Players:1 Player
Genre:Platform
Developer(s):Rare
Release Date(s):1989 - US
1990 - EU |
Cobra Triangle is a single-player game developed by Rare for the Nintendo Entertainment System following the success of their previous game, R.C. Pro-Am.
Similar to R.C. Pro-Am, this game is an action racing game in the isometric perspective, though instead of cars the game features motorboats racing on water. The overall objective of Cobra Triangle is to complete all the missions in a given amount of time while avoiding obstacles such as sharks, jumps, waterfalls, enemy land guns, and enemy boats. Missions in the game involve: Racing against the clock through obstacle filled scrolling levels, racing opposing boats, protecting stranded people from boats taking them, collecting mines to deposit them in a detonation area, fighting enemy bosses, jumping the waterfalls, and bonus levels to shoot the targets. There are 25 stages in the game, including bonus stages. Each series of five generally contains one of each type of mission. The fifth are generally the boss stages. The bosses are a sea serpent (as seen on the cover), a giant crab, a giant squid, a red and black version of the sea serpent and a giant shark.
The game uses a powerup bar similar to the Gradius series. Powerup pods are collected to move the selector to different powerup items. The speed boat used for game play starts with a single gun which can be upgraded to a quadruple spread shot. Missiles can also be added to the boat's arsenal and can be upgraded to heat-seekers. The boat has a 12-point damage bar which can be reduced by contact with obstacles or enemy fire. It's a traditional overhead racing game that decided to be a fast-paced shooter. Racing around labyrinthine mazes picking up power-ups, blowing up boats and getting to the finish line. This is an intoxicating mix of action and racing, two things that are handled flawlessly in this retro masterpiece. And the Verdict is...
Cobra Triangle offers a substantial amount of quality content, all done in fresh and inventive ways. This is easily one of the greatest racing/shoot-em-up 8-bit games ever made. If you like R C Pro Am you'll like this too. Give it a go, i bet you'll love it!. |