Toki is a run and gun platform game released for the Arcade in Japan in
1989 by TAD Corporation. It was published in North America by Fabtek.
Designed by Akira Sakuma, the game has tongue-in-cheek humor mixed with
the action. The player controls an enchanted ape who must battle hordes
of jungle monsters with energy balls from his mouth. The ultimate goal
is to destroy the evil wizard who cast a spell on the title protagonist;
thereby transforming him from an ape back into a human, and rescuing
the kidnapped princess. The game was ported to several video game
consoles and home computers, including the Commodore 64.
Which
brings us to the new enhanced version of Toki for the Commodore 64 by
Davide Bottino. Yes you heard correct, Davide is remastering the C64
version of Toki, making some much needed graphics upgrades. Playability
wise Toki on the old Commodore is pretty much perfect, however time has
not been kind, the graphics look a little tired after all these years
and could do with a spruce up.
