As mankind is beginning to venture out into the galaxy, a mysterious alien armada appears and attacks the Earth. Space Command calls on its best pilot, Rick Rocket, to take the controls of the X-01 experimental rocket ship and repel the invaders. Join Rick Rocket on an epic adventure across the Milky Way as he first defends the planet and then pursues the alien fleet. Help Rick discover who they are and why they attacked the Earth!
The Adventures of Rick Rocket provides a wide variety of mission styles and an intruiging story that you won't find in many other shooters. Try it out and see for yourself!
Rick Rocket is published as shareware, which means you may download the game and try it for free! If you enjoy it, then you can purchase the full version of the game for only $19.99!
Here's what you get when you purchase Rick Rocket:
* A total of 48 action-packed missions, with an intriguing story
* Over 30 unique ships that show damage as they are hit
* Learn who the aliens are and why they attacked Earth
* Ability to earn bigger bonuses
* Free upgrades... forever!
* Discounts on upcoming games and products!
Features:
- Epic space battles set in visually stunning locations!
- Unique missions, each with its own different goals and challenges!
- Spaceships that show damage as they are hit!
- 12 different power-ups give you a variety of weapons and defenses!
- Medals to earn for each mission by maximizing your bonus points!
- Ability to replay missions to try and get a better score!
- A majestic music soundtrack that perfectly fits the game!
- Play using keyboard, joystick, or game pad!
- Automatically saves your progress after every mission!
- Player profiles, so each family member can save their own game!
What is new in this release:
- Updated installer to fix crashes on 64-bit distributions
- Fixed crash when using gamepad or joystick on newer Linux kernels
- Fixed crash when toggling between fullscreen and windowed modes
- Fixed bad file permissions set by installer, which can cause issues when installed as root
- Better support for PulseAudio, without the need to use "padsp" on 64-bit distributions like Mandriva 2011
- Updated centipedes and millipedes so you can't continue to sit safely still while they circle you
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and cosmetic upgrades
What is new in version 1.1:
- Added ability to remap keys and joystick functions
- Made explosions for larger size ships better
- Fixed no sound on Linux distributions that use PulseAudio
- Upgraded to SDL 1.2.14 and SDL_mixer 1.2.11
- Fixed various Linux installer issues
Requirements:
- 1.0 GHz CPU or better
- OpenGL-compatible video card
- 50MB free hard disk space
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