Arctic Moves

STORY / GAMEPLAY
After being successful on his previous missions in Army Moves and Navy Moves, Derdhal must now travel to the Arctic and infiltrate a base held by aliens who aim to use future human technology for their causes. A U-92 submarine takes Derdhal outside the enemy base where he must use his weapons and finally find out what is going on. The main mission is called Polar Bear and is split into two parts! Part 1 starts outdoors, somewhere in the frozen North Pole, where you infiltrate the enemy base with a cause to destroy their communication systems and blow up all their vehicles! Once the job is done, you get the code for Part 2 (classic Dinamic game). On the first part, you'll fight with hordes of various enemies, from arctic commandos to air troopers that will shoot or throw grenades instantly! Note also that there are several mounted machine guns around the area. Apart from shooting, the game offers a lot of platform-style action, in which you have to jump to higher grounds to reach certain spots and objects. The energy bar is vital, but you have to also watch the limited time before ending your mission. Hopefully, there are energy bonuses (found as hearts) and some extra time bonuses (depicted as clocks) for you to collect. The second part is a bit different but still remains an action shooter! Part 2 takes you inside the alien spaceship! Your mission now is to connect 7 different systems. Inside the huge spaceship, danger is everywhere as you walk the dark corridors and use the elevators, fighting with robots and other deadly aliens (!) trying to terminate your quest! Note also that there are a few huge beasts called CAPITOSAURUS (some of them throwing acid balls) that will only be killed by grenades! Arctic Moves is very difficult and sometimes frustratingly tough (as its predecessors) game, but still, it's fun and has superb visuals.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
In Arctic Moves we have some very nice visuals with vivid colors and very detailed outdoor and indoor scenes. The sprites are quite large and have impressive animation without causing problems to the ST hardware. Technically, the Atari ST version is identical to the PC version but the odd thing about this version is the lack of any music, either intro or in-game (that only the ported PC version has). This detail maybe enhances the rumor of an unfinished ST game. Fortunately, there are some digitized sound effects during gameplay.