KETTLE
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Converted by iXien


Controls
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d-pad 1/2 = Move the kettle for both players
J1B1/J1B2 = Launch the crizza for both players


Modifications for the GX4000 version
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    - New titlescreen based on the one of the C64 version and recolored by iXien


The game
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Your Kettle is trapped in a complex underground system and you have to break free. There are 30 levels each getting bigger as you progress to higher levels. On loading you are offered two start levels - level 1 and level 4. Should you  reach higher than level 4 a third option of this level will be offered as your next start point.

To escape from each level you must locate the tin opener hidden in one of the bubble emitting bowels. Collision with bubbles drains energy. Your only protection is your orbiting "Crizza". 10 hits on the bowel (crizza) and this changes to a diamond, one more hit will reveal either a tin opener; an alien; a bonus, an energy giving jug of water. An alien is destroyed by 3 hits of the crizza..

Your split screen view allows you to monitor your opponents progress and to help him, hinder him or if you're clever watch him do all the work then nip in to collect the spoils.

Once the tin opener has been collected you move towards the exit, which will open as you approach. In the 2 player mode the 2nd player can follow the player in possession of the tin opener through the already opened exit.

    - 2 player mode
          1. Just see your own bubbles
          2. See both players bubbles
                a) Kill all bubbles
                b) Kill your bubbles only

     - 1 player mode
          1. One kettle
          2. Two kettles
                a) Kill all bubbles
                b) Kill your bubbles only

     - Crizza mode
          1. Proceed: doesn't return until fire is released
          2. Retreat: Crizza returns to its orbit

     - Point system
          * Bowels         1 per hit
          * Aliens         1 per hit
          * Bonus          10-50 points
          * Water          40 or more energy points
          * Opening shoot  50 points


Notes from iXien
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This is a game that may seem very strange with its story of kettle, tin opener and "Crizza".
However, the principle is simple and addictive. You control a small ship which must navigate tunnels. The game offers 26 different tunnels. To open the path to a new section of a tunnel, you must destroy a red enemy that is shooting at you.
To destroy these monsters and their projectiles, you have a "boomerang" type weapon that can be thrown up to a limited distance.
Each time you destroy one of these monsters, the passage to the next section of the tunnel will open as you approach it and a gem appears. By picking it up you get a random bonus. You can also collect water that increases your energy.

Your ship is fragile. It loses energy every time you hit a wall, a monster, or are hit by a projectile.
The twist of the game is its two-player mode. Each player moves in the same tube as the other, but has their own playing area, which allows them to move around without depending on each other.

We can help each other, compete or take advantage of the other player's progress by staying behind, to steal the bonuses or rush to the exit.

It is possible to modify various parameters. You can play alone but with the second kettle following you, or not. You can define certain rules of the two-player game or choose between two modes of operation for your projectile, the "crizza".

07/03/2024
