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Raging Beast is the first computer game to simulate
the Spaniard's favourite pastime -- the controversial
and bloody sport of bullfighting. So don your trendy
Matador gear, step into the Corrida and take on the
meanest bull in the sport's history -- Alfonso the Awesome.
Armed
with only a red towel, you must take on an angry, sweaty
mass of bovine meat and make him look totally silly
by plonking a rosette over his ugly fizzog.
You
start in the middle of the arena and Alfonso walks on
from the side, breathing heavily and staring angrily
at you. Pushing the joystick in the respective direction
makes the matador sprint around the arena. When he stops
you can make him shake the towel by pressing the fire
button and pushing the joystick left -- of course this
makes Alfonso even angrier and he steams towards you
at a vast velocity. Just before he reaches you, press
fire and push the joystick right to make the matador
whip the towel away. Such insults enrage the bull further
and he stomps after you with renewed ferocity.
Having
successfully goaded the bull in this fashion, a rosette
is bunged into the arena which can be picked up and
draped (with difficulty) over Alfonso's horns. If this
happens you get your name on the winner's poster and
have to tackle an even more angry and peeved Alfonso
again.
As
you can imagine it's not as simple as that and Awesome
Alf has some horrible tricks up his sleeve. For a start,
if you're not quick enough with the towel, he may turn
and send you bum over breast with a swift flick of his
horns or he may kick as he passes, which bowls you over.
Once you're down the fun starts -- Alf dashes in vengefully
and, if you don't get up quickly, stomps all over you
which requires a trip to the hospital for treatment
and results in the termination of your game. He also
sits on you very unprofessionally if he can, which also
has fatal consequences.
Sometimes
when you get thrown you fly up into the air and land
on the bull's back, giving you the opportunity to ride
it. There's a certain technique to riding the bull,
and staying on its bucking back for a length period
really boosts your score. Throughout the game the kindly
El Spikko airlines constantly update your score and
write it on the drag flag attached to the back of a
tourist packed airliner so you can see it as it hops
overhead.
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