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Imagine being in a car crash. Imagine being taken to the hospital by the paramedics, through long corridors, elevators, and faulty lighting. Then imagine having your eyes impaled and being stuffed into virtual reality, that is the basic definition of Slamscape. Where your objective is to get them for Orbs as they are called. Four glowing bright balls must be collected to open the exit.
It’s highly recommended to find a copy of the manual, just to read the description of the dangers in the game. Such as the Umbrella, a flying umbrella that shoots bombs. Don’t ask me where I got this, I only know that I have a copy, and its a very obscure game, with faulty execution.
Giant enemy crab and a weird multi-eyed missile creature.
The rest is a psychedelic mix of colors, beats, and very little control. This game is someone’s demented pinball machine. On the flip side, it runs at 60 fps and is fast-paced. The core mechanics are simple. There is boosting, breaking, shooting, and being bounced back when hitting environmental objects, much like a pinball. Jumping is also very important. The biggest fault is the lack of a definite way to slide sideways. This is what makes the game very hard, aside from some very odd design decisions. On the original disc, there were also several songs from the band “God lies underwater”. I can only assume they are the ones behind the score since this was an MTV release. Rumor has it that the music television channel actually hosted music and put band names on the map. Though I wouldn’t know anything about that, since I don’t watch telly.
Regardless, everything in the game has a beat, and each health pickup that gathers in a tail behind the thing you control has its own sound. So not only do you shoot and slam into things to escape, but you’re also in a trippy beatbox. However, I must admit that the score is good, especially since there are no lyrics.
Yes, this is a bouncing ball of elephant feet.
Each level has a unique challenge that must be overcome to get the orb. Such as a rain cloud, or a giant ball of fused elephant feet. Don’t ask difficult questions, it was probably made of acid. In this day and age players like a good challenge and trying obscure retro titles. So here is one for all of you. This highly experimental game is more of a curio than anything else and is not recommended for short tempered people and children, but if you don’t care about my warnings here is where you can still purchase Slamscape. Or anyone with a chance of epilepsy.
-Njål Sand
Njål Sand is a Norwegian Cosplayer with opinions on video games, and a passionate for creating content on YouTube about living in Norway, and gaming!