Super Methane Bros.
| Super Methane Bros. | |
|---|---|
 Amiga version screenshot (level 9) | |
| Developer(s) | Apache Software Ltd. |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amiga CD32, Microsoft Windows, Linux, RISC OS |
| Release | 1993 (Amiga) |
| Genre(s) | Platforming |
| Mode(s) | One or two player |
Super Methane Brothers is a Template:Vgy platform arcade game released for Amiga by Apache Software Ltd..[1] The game is a clone of Taito's Bubble Bobble as the gameplay is very similar.
Gameplay
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.[2]
With permission from Apache Software Ltd a modern port under GPLv2 with the original assets was released in 2001.[3][4] This game has ports for Microsoft Windows, Linux and RISC OS. The source code and project is hosted on Sourceforge, latest update was in 2011.[5]
In 2009 a iOS version was released by Mobila Interactive, LLC.[6][7]
Between 2005 and July 2016 Super Methane Bros. was downloaded from Sourceforge alone over 47,000 times.[8]
External links
- Super Methane Bros. ports
- Super Methane Bros. at Lemon Amiga
References
- ^ Super Methane Bros – Kaasua, komissaariot Huppa ja Puppa by JTurunen on Pelit (in Finnish May 1, 1994)
- ^ Super Methane Bros in Amiga Power issue 39 (July 1994)
- ^ info on methane.sourceforge.net "IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a conversion of the Commodore Amiga game. I had been given permission by the company (Apache Software Ltd) to release this game as GPL. However - THE ORIGINAL AMIGA VERSION OF SUPER METHANE BROTHERS IS STILL A COMMERCIAL GAME IT'S LICENCE HAS NOT CHANGED."
- ^ Version History. on methane.sourceforge.net
- ^ Methane on sourceforge.net
- ^ super-methane-brothers on metacritic.com
- ^ Rise of the Triad by GamesIndustry International on gamesindustry.biz (15 Feb 2010)
- ^ Super Methane Bros. - stats on Sourceforge.net (accessed 2016-07-22)