The manual of the original Polish release contains an extended backstory which mentions Jacek's friend, Placek. This version was released to work in DOSBox and will not work in original DOS. Freeware releaseĭeveloper xLand generously released this game as freeware under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license on 25 June 2006. In its original release, Electroman came with an audio cassette with in-game music, for the benefit of people without sound cards.Ĭertain releases of the game also came bundled with a Covox Speech Thing, which would generate digital sounds and music when connected to a LPT port. The winner, announced at Poznań Game Arena 2014, was Ego Protocol. In 2014, the Polish indie game website 1ndie World announced 'The Jam', a contest for the best game inspired by Electroman. Games with manual lookup copy protectionĪfter 22 years the game was re-released on CD-ROM at Poznań Game Arena 2014, including a high quality soundtrack and a printed certificate.This proves an extra challenge as when there are enemies above or below you, perfect timing is essential in order to succeed.Īpart from the title screen, only the last level, which really is just a credit to the producers, has background music.

Unlike many platformers, you can't control your jumping mid-air, and the main protagonist can only jump and fall at a given angle. Checkpoints also serve as an additional difficulty factor, as once touched, they remove all your weapons, leaving you unarmed. The difficulty level is very steep, and each death sets you back to your previously visited checkpoint, but fortunately already collected microchips stay collected. The game features in total 8 levels, on which there are three microchips that must be collected in order to proceed to the next. This latter activity is essential - over a period of time, your weapon downgrades itself, until you can't actually fire at all. You have to guide Jacek, the Electroman, around the levels, using such things as teleporters, while shooting enemies and collecting weapon power-ups. This is a platform game with puzzle elements.

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