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What if World War II was actually won by the Axis?

Rocket Ranger, a 1930s Sci-Fi movie-inspired action-adventure game about World War II and its unlikely jetpack-wearing hero, is available on GOG.com, for only $5.99.

Rocket Ranger takes us back to the war-shaken 1940s, as the Axis built a base on the moon and plan to use a mysterious substance called Lunarium to reduce people's intelligence. However, in the 21st Century time travel has been mastered, as have jet-propulsion backpacks, plus some cataclysmic weaponry and advanced code-breaking equipment.Thus, you are sent some special equipment from the future to change the result of the war. Use this technology to find five rocket ship parts and destroy the moon base! Action sequences linked by cinematic animations set the scene for this Cinemaware classic. There's also a strategic element, as you move your spies around to gain information and avoid detection, and decide how much Lunarium to use at each stage of the game. Action sequences include hand-to-hand combat with an Axis guard, and flying through the air shooting either hordes of enemy planes or the Zeppelin itself.

Strap on a jet engine to your back and blast off for 16-bit Amiga glory in Rocket Ranger, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
YAY! great work GOG insta buy
Very interesting release, haven't heard of this one before, but will definitely have to give it a try!

Looks like the links on the newspost are all broken though, should be http://www.gog.com/game/rocket_ranger_emulated_amiga_edition instead of http://www.gog.com/game/rocket_ranger

Edit: looks like on this comment thread the links are correct, it's just the front page news post where they are using the wrong link.
Post edited November 07, 2014 by BlueKronos
Fantastic!
Good release!
Seems pretty crazy! :D

Nothing to do with that Rocketeer movie, right?
О да !

More Cinemaware !!!!
This is also Cinemaware's next "Remastered Edition" game, like what they did with Wings. Supposedly, they plan to do another Kickstarter to fund it.

Edit: Interesting in that, unlike Defender of the Crown, they declined to include the DOS version of the game. This is different from Wings, since Wings was only ever released for Amiga.
Post edited November 07, 2014 by yyahoo
Nice! Great job for continuing the relationship with Cinermaware!
Cool!

Besides Defender of the Crown this one was always my favourite Cinemaware game on my C64.
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yyahoo: Interesting in that, unlike Defender of the Crown, they declined to include the DOS version of the game. This is different from Wings, since Wings was only ever released for Amiga.
But the DOS version is included:

"Includes the Amiga and DOS versions all in one package!" (from the gamecard)
Post edited November 07, 2014 by PaterAlf
Edit: Nevermind!
Post edited November 07, 2014 by andysheets1975
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PaterAlf: Cool!

Besides Defender of the Crown this one was always my favourite Cinemaware game on my C64.
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yyahoo: Interesting in that, unlike Defender of the Crown, they declined to include the DOS version of the game. This is different from Wings, since Wings was only ever released for Amiga.
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PaterAlf: But the DOS version is included:

"Includes the Amiga and DOS versions all in one package!" (from the gamecard)
My mistake. It was called "Emulated Amiga Edition" and when I looked at the gamecard initially I didn't see anything. Come to find out, it was hidden in the "read more" area. Strange that GOG didn't mention both versions in the release post...

Edit: by the way, surprised that you preferred Rocket Ranger over It Came From The Desert. That generally seems to be a favorite of most Cinemaware fans.
Post edited November 07, 2014 by yyahoo
Nice to see more Amiga games!


... Punset?
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yyahoo: Strange that GOG didn't mention both versions in the release post...
Yep, that startled me as well.
I was like "What ? Why an Amiga version, I do perfectly remember playing it on PC back in the days ?!"
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yyahoo: This is also Cinemaware's next "Remastered Edition" game, like what they did with Wings. Supposedly, they plan to do another Kickstarter to fund it.

Edit: Interesting in that, unlike Defender of the Crown, they declined to include the DOS version of the game. This is different from Wings, since Wings was only ever released for Amiga.
The DOS version IS included, as is the special edition German version (which had an alternate storyline) :)