Super Methane Bros.
1993 video game
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Super Methane Bros. is an action video game released by Apache Software for the Amiga in 1993.[2] It is similar in gameplay to Taito's 1986 arcade game, Bubble Bobble. Contemporary reviewers compared it to Data East's 1991 title, Tumblepop.[3]
| Super Methane Bros. | |
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| Original author | Apache Software |
| Developer | Mark Page |
| Release | 1993 (Amiga) |
| Stable release | 2.0.0[1]
/ 2021 |
| Platform | Amiga, Amiga CD32, Windows, Linux, RISC OS |
| Type | One or two player Platform game |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Website | https://methane.sourceforge.net/ |
Gameplay
The protagonists of the game, Puff and Blow, each have a Methane Gas Gun which fires a cloud of immobilising gas. If this comes into contact with a bad guy, he will be absorbed into the gas and then float around the screen for a limited time. Bad guys are harmless in this state. Puff and Blow must suck the floating gas clouds into their guns and blast them out against a vertical surface. Bad guys then turn into bonuses which can be collected.
Reception and legacy
Super Methane Bros was received mixed with 72% in Amiga Power issue 39 from July 1994.[4]
With permission from Apache Software Ltd a modern port under GPLv2 with the original assets was released in 2001 by Mark Page.[5][6] This game has ports for Microsoft Windows, Linux and RISC OS. The source code and project is hosted on SourceForge, latest update was in 2021.[7]
In 2009 an iOS version was released by Mobila Interactive, LLC.[8][9]
Between 2005 and May 2017 Super Methane Bros. was downloaded from SourceForge alone over 48,000 times.[10]
External links
- Super Methane Bros. ports at sourceforge.net
- Super Methane Bros. at Lemon Amiga