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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!
I bet, even after all these years, I still mess up take off!
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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.
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Cinemaware: The DOS version IS included, as is the special edition German version (which had an alternate storyline) :)
Thanks, yeah, I finally noticed. The info is just a little "hidden".
Looks good, wishlisted for now
Very nice, I hope this is the first of many Amiga emulation games to get released on GOG; I'd like to see Fate: Gates of Dawn among them!

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_Gates_of_Dawn]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_Gates_of_Dawn[/url]
One of those gamres that i have simply played too much.

Out of curiosity, do you still have to check the amounts of required lunarium for international travels, in that version ?
I remember this one, I played the beginning a lot.. the rest of the game not so much.
What I don't remember is why...
Also, not 'great work GOG' but great work Cinemaware.
This reminds me that I really need to setup my Amiga emulator again.
Never heard of this. The first thing that came to mind was the Rocketeer movie. Wishlisted for now, as it might just be up my alley.
Post edited November 07, 2014 by Tannath
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Cinemaware: The DOS version IS included, as is the special edition German version (which had an alternate storyline) :)
And I was hesitating what to buy this weekend. A BIG hug from me for releasing this one :-)
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GOG.com: 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.
I think this actually happened.
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GOG.com: 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.
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CharlesGrey: I think this actually happened.
Nope. That was a ploy by them. The real plan was to create The Internet.
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tburger: And I was hesitating what to buy this weekend. A BIG hug from me for releasing this one :-)
Ah good, you're here already. For a moment I got a bit worried you'd be late... again. ;-P
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DeadlyRamon: Very nice, I hope this is the first of many Amiga emulation games to get released on GOG; I'd like to see Fate: Gates of Dawn among them!

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_Gates_of_Dawn]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_Gates_of_Dawn[/url]
This is the third Amiga game to be released on GOG. But the only Amiga games at this time that have been and will continue to be released are from Cinemaware, who have their own proprietary Amiga emulation.
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HypersomniacLive: Ah good, you're here already. For a moment I got a bit worried you'd be late... again. ;-P
I'm here, I'm here - where else should I be ? :-P

But why don't they release classics at 12:00 CET anymore? It is so convenient time - I'm at work, have plenty of time on my hands and no one looks over my shoulder at the moment I turned on PC. [DAD, DAD! WHAT IS THAT? CAN I PLAY?]
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DeadlyRamon: Very nice, I hope this is the first of many Amiga emulation games to get released on GOG; I'd like to see Fate: Gates of Dawn among them!

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_Gates_of_Dawn]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_Gates_of_Dawn[/url]
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yyahoo: This is the third Amiga game to be released on GOG. But the only Amiga games at this time that have been and will continue to be released are from Cinemaware, who have their own proprietary Amiga emulation.
I'm sooo hoping for GOG to make a deal with Cinemaware that have Cinemaware doing their emulation magic on other publishers games for GOG to sell.