Hello.. I’m Flood!
Not the most well
known game from EA, Quiffy is a little green dude (What exactly is he?
Starfish, Mutant Frog?) who is on a mission to clear his world of litter
that someone has thoughtlessly left lying around. Quiffy also has to
switch off the leaky taps on each level to stop the water gathering
below, rising up and flooding his underground lair, killing everything
in its path. Hence the game title ‘Flood’
This is one of those platformers which instantly draws you in from the beginning, with its fantastic title music, superb colourful graphics and addictive but sometimes puzzling gameplay. I still own the original boxed version of Flood, although during my Amiga 500 days, we mostly had (cough) a lot of ‘backup disks’. The Amiga had big game piracy issues back in the day, a long story maybe for a future article.
Bad Guys
There are 42 levels on Quiffy’s big
clean up mission and through each level he will come across some
particularly nasty creatures (Hey we never said this would be easy!) One
of the most annoying of all these beasties is Quiffy’s scary ghost
aunt! She will follow Quiffy’s specific path that he has made throughout
the level and if you double back or get near, her deadly touch will
lead you to your demise. Collecting your trash and getting through the
level as quickly as possible is your main priority.
Other baddies you should avoid are freakishly named the following.. ‘Bulbous Headed Vongs’, ‘Plonkin Donkins’, ‘Vacuous Gombos’ and ‘Psycho Teddy’! Psycho Teddy has sharp teeth in his stomach, so be sure to avoid this guy as he’s not your average cuddly toy! However this game isn’t about completely avoiding the enemy, luckily Quiffy has a small arsenal of weaponry at hand to protect himself. Grenades, flame-throwers and dynamite on timers will help him though his adventure to victory!
Flood. An awesome platformer frozen in time when Amiga was the king of gaming.
Download: Flood
Download: Flood_v1.2_0504.lha