Arcy 2

In gameplay, Arcy 2 is similar to Chip's Challenge and the Eggerland series. Technically, it is done better than many other shareware games.

You may like or dislike the cartoony title screen, technically it's very well done. The in-game graphics are more of a mixed bunch, you'll find lots of pillow shading on the tiles, while the textures used for the menus and the border around the playing field are quite good. It's interesting, by the way, that they sport a rusted metal theme that was not all too common at the time but would become all the rage a few years later.

The predictable question is, if this is Arcy 2, was there ever an Arcy 1? Frankly, I have no idea. Maybe there was, and it has been lost, maybe it was never published, maybe it will turn up some day. Arcy 2 itself is a trilogy, the first part is the shareware, you get the other two if you register, though I doubt that this is possible any more.

Note: Music is 8-bit Soundblaster and may cause problems on a Soundblaster 16.

Steckbrief

• Developer: CAPS Softwaredesign ULM
• Year: 1994
• Country of Origin:

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• Arcy 2 (433kB, ZIP)

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• Arcy 2 Screenshots