A Sci-Fi spiritual sequel to Jaleco’s coin-op classic RodLand by Dave’s Retro Forge
🚀If you love classic arcade platformers… fasten your seatbelt!
👾Space Bash: Contact!! is a spiritual sequel to Jaleco’s classic RodLand, set in space — and even crazier.
More action. More strategy. More ways to attack and defend. Levels designed to reward clever tactics, not just fast reflexes.
🌌 Developed for the MSXdev’25 competition, the game runs on any MSX computer with at least 16 KB of RAM, bringing a colorful arcade-style experience to classic 8-bit hardware.
Game Features
- 20 varied levels
- Outdoor and indoor environments
- 4 enemy types with different behaviors and attacks
- 1 final boss
- SCC music
- Layered gameplay that rewards skill
- build ladders & glide to reach distant platforms
- smash an enemy into its comrades to stun them all
- collect all batteries for extra points and extra lives
- secondary weapon: a versatile, chargeable energy blast to get out of hairy situations
- Cut scenes
- Custom MSX 2 palette
- Smooth difficulty curve (50Hz recommended)
Download, here
