Venus The Flytrap

STORY / GAMEPLAY
The extensive use of pesticides has caused the total extinction off insects! A group of mad scientists created cybernetic insects in an attempt to save fauna and restore the ecological balance! During their experiments, somebody made a mistake and all the insects went into a maniac killing spree. The same group of scientists designed a giant killer fly capable to wipe out the deadly menace provided that it collects the available power-ups and successfully negotiate a number of precariously placed platforms! As the fly, your main objective is to kill everything that moves using a variety of weapons. There are lots of bonuses to collect, such as extra time, extra ammunition and shields. The controls are rather easy but being a fly you must also master the technique of fighting upside down! Oh yes the controls are reversed in certain platforms and this is a quite unique feature for a shooter! Venus the Flytrap is a pretty slick piece of code and it looks particularly impressive even today! It's fun, it's fast and seriously addictive, although its high difficulty.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The graphics on the Amiga are in one word, impressive! The game runs in EHB mode (64 colors on screen), the background color shading is awesome and most of the stages' details are greatly designed. The screen scrolling and the sprites' animation is seriously smooth; just have a look at the animation of the fly! It's simply amazing! Comparably, the main differences from the ST version are found in the number of colors on-screen and the smoother scrolling. The Amiga version has a memorable intro tune, and a wide variety of sampled sound effects, along with a nicely composed background tune!

GAMEPLAY SAMPLE VIDEO
On our video below you may watch both the Atari ST and Amiga OCS versions of the game.