Dan Dare 2

Copyright : Virgin Games | Reviewed by : Patrick Furlong

In the second licence from Eagle comic, The Mekon is upto no good again! After more of his plans to conqure Earth have ended up in faliure, he plans to launch Supertreens at Earth to conqure it. You are Dan Dare, the Mekon?s arch enemy and you have to go through four levels of his starship and destroy the Supertreens with the help of your friends from the Interplanetary Space Fleet before they can be launched with the help of the Treens. Unusually, you can also choose to be the Mekon who has to release the Supertreens. But regardless of who you choose, you have to get to the end of each level before it self destructs..

Graphics

MODE 0 is used here. Although slightly blocky, you can reconise Dan Dare and the Mekon along with the Treens. Each level has it?s own colour scheme and everything runs quickly.

Sound

No music features in this game but there are sound effects which can be annoying at times.

Gameplay

Being able to play as either Dan Dare or the Mekon gives the game that nice touch. It also gives the game a slightly harder difficulty when playing as the Mekon. Whenever you play as Dan, after you destroy the first Supertreen, a time limit starts in which you have to destroy the remaining Supertreens and get to the intersection seperating the level you?re currently on and the next level - you also have to make sure the door you opened closes otherwise it?s arrivederci in microseconds and you have to start the game again. As the Mekon, the time limit starts the moment you start the level. You can get trapped on gravity boosters and it can get very annoying especially when you?re close to the end of the level when time is almost out. Very good game!