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Torus Trooper - Today's Time Waster
Oh, my lord. Torus Trooper is the sort of game I should not be allowed to play before bedtime. Torus Trooper is a fly-through-infinite-space-and-kill-the-baddies top-down shooter for Windows that reminds me of Galaga and Tempest but I'm sure will remind younger gamers of more recent console fare. It's an extraordinarily fast-paced game with gorgeous wireframe graphics and a frenetic techno soundtrack, and not only do you have a constant barrage of baddies and projectiles to contend with, you also have to navigate a twisting, turning playing field that zooms past at lightning speed. Best of all, even on my lousy 32MB video card, Torus Trooper runs at full kick, even at 1280x1024.
[Thanks, Jonathan!]
Update: Reader AMD writes in to tell us that Torus Trooper is also available on Linux and Mac OS X. Thanks, AMD!
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsTMJul 28th 2007 10:49AM
I was introduced to this game on elive (linux distro). It really rocks! I thought the same as Demain - it's Gyruss on steroids (which I played on the Commodore 64/128-D)
AMDJan 25th 2006 11:20AM
This game is also, and has been available for some time on other platforms.
Link to linux version http://www.emhsoft.net/ttrooper/
Link to OS X version http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/action_adventure/torustrooper.html
schmodJan 25th 2006 2:44PM
this guy has a lot of other really fun games. I've wasted a lot of time on these...
(http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index_e.htmlthis guy has a lot of other really fun games. I've wasted a lot of time on these...
(http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index_e.html)
DemianJan 25th 2006 4:44PM
This game is Gyruss on steroids!
It's close to a perfect game: it's free, it's new but feels like a classic, has no installer and it's available for several OSs.
GET IT NOW!
Sean HackbarthJan 26th 2006 1:15AM
Would this game be playable on a PC with 512 MB of shared memory?
Sir SkillzJan 26th 2006 10:45AM
Sean Hackbarth
Yea it is playable on a PC with 512MB of shared Ram
JohnJan 26th 2006 5:31PM
Well, I downloaded this game and all it did was start in b and w and stick mode. Only the start page appeared. I then searched for, downloaded and installed "opengL". OpenGL works as the sample activities seemed to function. My problem is that the game still behaves the same way. What else do I have to do to get it to work and lo9ok like the sample screen?
Thanks,
John
PS I'm a newby to openGL.
JohnJan 26th 2006 8:57PM
OK, I got it to work.
John