THE RESCUE (MONO)

Title – THE RESCUE
System – MSX
Author – MONO
Publication – Micom BASIC (マイコンBASIC) March 1985
Page Scans – 1 2 3
Preserved By – TWE
Recommended Emulator – openMSX

Download ROM

Loading the Game –

Two versions of the game are included:
– rescue.wav, a cassette-tape recording of the original game;
– rescue.dsk, a floppy disk image of the translated game.

For rescue.wav:
– After booting the machine, insert the tape image;
– Type ‘CLOAD’ and press Enter;
– After the game loads, type ‘RUN’ and press Enter to start the game.
For rescue.dsk:
– Insert the disk image in the first slot, then boot the machine;
– The game should load and start automatically.

Game Instructions –

Use the arrow keys to move and Space to drop bombs.
Protect the tower from enemy bombs and rescue any ships from incoming monsters, while evading the enemy planes.

Article Translation –

THE RESCUE
MONO

STORY

The year’s 2005. Japan, which had been at peace before, has been gradually dragged into World War 3. A spherical enemy ship is stationed above the sea, and the people of the neighbouring town, sensing the impending danger, started fleeing to the closest town, until you were the only one remaining.
Just then, you receive an SOS signal coming from a fishing boat in the enemy ship’s surroundings.
Wanting to help the crew inside, yet reluctant to throw away your life for their sake, you launch your radio-controlled airplane to go rescue the boat.

How to Play

The trapezoidal shape on the lower left is the plane’s control tower. It’s damage goes up by 25 every time it gets hit by a bomb, and if it gets to 100 damage, the plane immediately falls down.
You can counter these flying bombs by intercepting them with your own bombs. Furthermore, the enemy will send an attack aircraft. This plane will try to ram you down directly, but flees to safety while your bombs are going up, so use that to your advantage. However, if it reaches the same altitude as your airplane, it will hurl towards you at ludicrous speeds.
To move your plane, use the cursor keys. If you don’t press any keys, you will lower your altitude. Use the Space key to drop bombs.
Use all the information above to carry out your mission, which is to rescue the fishing boats that appear from the lower right. After saving a certain number of these, you’ll clear a round. You have a total of 3 airplanes at your disposal for every game, and cannot get any extras.

[ CHECKER FLAG ]

Chief: We are looking forward to your laborious submissions to make this Random Corner even more fun.
Editor: As for program length, feel free to send in submissions with around 300 lines or made completely in machine language. That being said, please make sure to bundle them with an easy to understand explanation.
Dr. D: I’ll be waiting for all your high-level submissions!

ときは西暦2005年。それまで平和だった日本も，少しずつ第三次世界大戦にまきこまれつつあった。海上には，黒い球状の敵艦が待機している。そのため，町の人々は危険を感じ，みな隣の町へ逃げていったため，とうとう最後にあなた1人が町にとり残されてしまった。
そんなときに，敵艦の周囲の海で漁をしていた漁船から，「SOS」の通信が入ったのである。
もちろん助けてあげたいが，自分も死にたくない。そこであなたは，自分の持っていた飛行機を無線で飛ばし，漁船の救助に向かうのだった。

画面左下にある台形の形のものが，飛行機のコントロール・タワーです。これが爆弾の攻撃にあうと，ダメージが25ずつ増えていき，100になると飛行機はつい落してしまいます。
そこで，飛んできた爆弾は，自分の爆弾をぶつけてやってください。また，敵は体当たり用の飛行機をだしてきます。これは，自機を追ってきますが，自機の爆弾の上昇中は逃げていきますので，これをうまく利用しましょう。ただし，この飛行機は高度が同じくらいになると，すごいスピードでつっこんできます。
自機の移動は，カーソル・キーの←→で左右に，↑↓で上下に動きます。ただし，なにも押さないと，高度が下がります。それと，爆弾発射はスペース・キーです。
以上をうまく利用して，右下にときどき現われる漁船を救助してください。決まった数助けると，面クリアとなります。自機は3機で，これ以上増えません。

このランダム・コーナーを，もっと楽しくするために，みなさんの力作壱お待ちしています。
プログラムの長さでいえば，300行くらいの大作とか，オール・マシン語なんてのでもかまいません。ただし，わかりやすく解説した記事も，いっしょに送ってくださいね。お願いします。
ハイ・レベルの投稿を，待っとるぞ！