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Risky Woods

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Game Information

Original Release Date: December 31, 1992

Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Involved Companies: Electronic Arts, Zeus Software, The Hit Squad, Electronic Arts Victor, Dinamic Software

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Summary: Unusually for Electronic Arts in the early 90s, this was a platform -shooter game with little or no adventuring or strategy elements. The game scrolls sideways, and has sections where precision jumps are required, either to clear rivers or collect bonuses. You carry a dagger to deal with the enemies, and must avoid contact with them. When killed, they leave coins to be collected - these are spent in the shop sections. Death loses you most of your coins, but they can usually be retrieved if they land on solid ground - making it better to be killed in combat than by drowning.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).