Line #16 VideoGame/Electroman


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/electroman_ss3.png]]
2	->''"We have to be careful. This is an emergency area!"''\
3	Jacek, every time he (re-)starts at a checkpoint
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5	''Electro Man'' is a VGA sidescrolling [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer DOS]] computer game developed by xLand Games and published by Creator/EpicMegagames in 1993. It was initially released in Poland (and later Germany) without the involvement of Epic as "Electro Body" complete with some changed graphics and CGA, EGA and composite monitor display modes. Though initially offered under a shareware license, the game was released as freeware on June 25, 2006.
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7	The player controls "Jacek" the electro man (who is very similar, design wise, to ''Franchise/RoboCop'') as he travels through eight levels, shooting enemies, using teleporters and upgrading his main weapon.
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9	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with a series of UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash games known as ''VideoGame/ElectricMan''.
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13	!!This VideoGame contains examples of:
14	* AWinnerIsYou: Don't expect anything big for beating the game.
15	* CallingYourAttacks: The robots. and the mobile gun turrets which run on rails, stand still briefly just before firing, and emit a beep or whistle.
16	* CheatCode: There are cheats for GodMode, suicide, level skip, collect all three circuit boards/disks (although this one cheat doesn't work on some versions), and select any of the five weapon power levels (or no power). However, Level 8 is still fairly difficult even when cheating, and there is no cheat to turn clipping off -- presumably because that would make the game too easy.
17	* CopyProtection: In the original Polish version, the end-of-level teleport pad did not lead directly to the next level, but to a room with several teleporters. Choose any but the one indicated in the manual, and you end up in a DeadEndRoom.
18	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Die and you keep your disks and return to your checkpoint.
19	* DeadEndRoom:
20	** It is possible in level 7 (though unlikely, [[UnintentionallyUnwinnable especially after you know it's there]]) to fall into a section with no exits and no way out except death.
21	** In order to get to the final part of Level 8, you have to make a perilous set of jumps across a deep pit. There are a pair of dart-spitters down there to kill you (and thus return you to your last checkpoint) if you fall in, but of course they don't help if you're in GodMode. This is probably why this game has a suicide cheat. Fortunately, you have infinite lives even without cheating.
22	* EasterEgg: Two in Level 6:
23	** A room about halfway up the left edge of the level has tiles which can be shot away to reveal a map.
24	** The room below the above has a set of pipes forming a (peace) swastika.
25	* {{Expy}}: Jacek strongly resembles Franchise/RoboCop.
26	* FreewareGames: The game became this on June 25, 2006.
27	* LeapOfFaith: There's at least one point in Level 8 where you have to jump blindly off the edge of the screen, trusting that there's a ledge on the next screen to catch you.
28	* OneHitpointWonder: Played perfectly straight here: one hit and you're destroyed on the spot and lose all your ammo. However, you keep your progress in the form of your disks and checkpoint.
29	* SubliminalSeduction: Pastor Ferell Griswold's "Jesus is here!" (also used in Music/Front242's "Welcome to Paradise") when you reach the checkpoint is reversed in the re-release, but not in the original.

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