AlexMax
11-27-2002, 09:24 PM
http://www.the-underdogs.org/games/m/mrdriller/mrdriller.jpg
Yes, I am talking about the game whose avatar is infamous at this site. Mr. Driller is quite possibly the most addicting game I have ever played. I got a PC version from Home of the Underdogs (since Abandonware is not endoresed here, I will not link it, but it shouldn't be too hard to find), and I havn't stopped playing since. (Check HOTU forums if you have problems running the game the first time)
It works like thiis. You are this guy, who has to drill (duh) through a ton of colored blocks, and a few X blocks. The object is to get to the bottom of the pile.
Your driller, however is quite fragle. The laws of physics dictate that if you drill into blocks that make the blocks above you fall (by removing the block that is keeping it from falling), you will be crushed. However, the laws of physics defy for one reason. If the falling block encounters another block of like color near it, it will merge with it, and (possibly, if the resulting block is secured) prevent it from falling. If it happens to group into a block of four, it will disappear as well, as well as the block.
Then there is the air....oh boy you have limited air which depletes at one unit a second (you start out with 100) and you have to pick up O2 tanks along the way that restore 20 points of air. However, the X blocks that inhabit the stack happen to take away 20 units of air (why, I don't know) and are usually surrounding the O2 units. Luckily, the X blocks take five drills to go through (so you dont accidently drill through it and lose O2) and obey the laws of physics like the rest of the colored blocks, and vanish like them too.
The presentation and music (all of which is thankfully includedd in the CD-RIP at HOTU) are the makings of a wacky japanese game show or a japanese guy on crack or something. All I know is that this is one crazy adrenaline rush of a puzzle game, and one you MUST pick up, be it for PC (unlikely unless you get the rip from HOTU), Dreamcast or PSX. (There is also a GBC version avalable, but IGN seemeed to rate it lower for some reason...)
Yes, I am talking about the game whose avatar is infamous at this site. Mr. Driller is quite possibly the most addicting game I have ever played. I got a PC version from Home of the Underdogs (since Abandonware is not endoresed here, I will not link it, but it shouldn't be too hard to find), and I havn't stopped playing since. (Check HOTU forums if you have problems running the game the first time)
It works like thiis. You are this guy, who has to drill (duh) through a ton of colored blocks, and a few X blocks. The object is to get to the bottom of the pile.
Your driller, however is quite fragle. The laws of physics dictate that if you drill into blocks that make the blocks above you fall (by removing the block that is keeping it from falling), you will be crushed. However, the laws of physics defy for one reason. If the falling block encounters another block of like color near it, it will merge with it, and (possibly, if the resulting block is secured) prevent it from falling. If it happens to group into a block of four, it will disappear as well, as well as the block.
Then there is the air....oh boy you have limited air which depletes at one unit a second (you start out with 100) and you have to pick up O2 tanks along the way that restore 20 points of air. However, the X blocks that inhabit the stack happen to take away 20 units of air (why, I don't know) and are usually surrounding the O2 units. Luckily, the X blocks take five drills to go through (so you dont accidently drill through it and lose O2) and obey the laws of physics like the rest of the colored blocks, and vanish like them too.
The presentation and music (all of which is thankfully includedd in the CD-RIP at HOTU) are the makings of a wacky japanese game show or a japanese guy on crack or something. All I know is that this is one crazy adrenaline rush of a puzzle game, and one you MUST pick up, be it for PC (unlikely unless you get the rip from HOTU), Dreamcast or PSX. (There is also a GBC version avalable, but IGN seemeed to rate it lower for some reason...)