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'''Roland goes Square Bashing''' is a game from [[Amsoft]] / Durell Software.
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|{{Infobox Game
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|Image = [[Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Front Covertape (Amsoft).jpg|centre|300px|Coverscan]]
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|Developer = [[Simon Francis]]
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|Publisher = [[Amsoft]]
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|Musician = None
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|Release = [[:Category:Games 1984|1984]]
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|Platform = [[Amstrad CPC|CPC]]
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|Genre = [[:Category:Arcade|Arcade (Platformer)]]
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|GameModes = 1 Player
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|Controls = {{Keyboard}} {{Joystick}}
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|Media = {{Tape}}
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|Language = {{EN}}
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|Info =
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}}
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== Information ==
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Roland's adventures continue in this joint production between [[Amsoft]] and [[Durell]].  This time Roland is a cube.  With legs.
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== '''Inlay Text''' ==
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Ask Roland to unravel a Rubic's cube and you end up with something like '''ROLAND GOES SQUARE BASHING'''.  Twenty screens of 3D mind puzzles of incresasing complexity will test your IQ for quick thinking logic.  The player has to resolve the correct path over, under, around and sometimes behind the tiles (which are seen in 3D and therefore not always easy to follow) so that Roland (the little man who looks like a sugar cube) jumps on each and every tile at least once.  As soon as play has started the tile underneath Roland will start to decay quite rapidly so it is necessary to keep moving, and you must plan ahead so that you don't get stuck out on a limb.  The first screens are pretty easy, and have been designed to prepare the player for the real brain itch that starts around screen 7.
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|[[Image:Roland_Goes_Square_Bashing (Title).png|left|thumb|200px|Title Screen]]
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|[[Image:Roland_Goes_Square_Bashing_1.png|left|thumb|200px|In-Game Screen]]
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== '''Videos''' ==
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[http://www.retrounlim.com/2018/08/26/retro-gaming-memories-roland-goes-square-bashing/ Retro Gaming Memories: Roland Goes Square Bashing]
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== '''Ratings''' ==
  
 
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|Title:|| '''Roland goes Square Bashing'''
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|CWTA:||Issue 04 (Apr '85)||Page 24-25||no mark
 
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|Company:|| [[Amsoft]] / Durell Software
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|AA:||[http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/aa_depot/001JS.html Issue 01 (Oct '85)]||Page 81||30%
 
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|Type:||  
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|Amtix:||Issue 02 (Dec '85)||Page 78||21%
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|Year:|| 1984
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|Soft Num. UK:|| 937
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|Soft Num. FR:||  
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== Covertape ==
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== '''Cheat Mode''' ==
  
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<gallery caption="Roland goes Square Bashing">
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None
  
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Back Covertape (Amsoft).jpg|Back Covertape
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== '''Prequels / Sequels''' ==
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Front Covertape (Amsoft).jpg|Front Covertape
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</gallery>
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== '''Compilations & Re-releases''' ==
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== '''Trivia''' ==
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* [[Amsoft]]'s bizarre attempt at a mascot, the [[Roland]] series of games were all coded independently and had virtually no relation to each other ([[Roland in Time|Time]] and [[Roland in Space|Space]] excluded)apart from the use of the Roland name (christened after lead CPC developer [[Roland Perry]])
  
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== Tape ==
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== '''Downloads & Materials''' ==
  
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<gallery caption="Roland goes Square Bashing">
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<gallery caption="Roland Goes Square Bashing">
  
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Tape - side B (Amsoft).jpg|side B
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Front Covertape (Amsoft).jpg|Cover
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Tape - side A (Amsoft).jpg|side A
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Back Covertape (Amsoft).jpg|Instructions
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Tape - side A (Amsoft).jpg|Tape Side A
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Image:Roland Goes Square Bashing Tape - side B (Amsoft).jpg|Tape Side B
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Image:Roland_Goes_Square_Bashing (CWTA Review).JPG|CWTA Review
  
 
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
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* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1835 CPC game base from CPC Power]
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* {{CPCPower|1835}}
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* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=3236 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games 1984]]
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[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games 1984]] [[Category:Arcade]]

Latest revision as of 05:52, 25 May 2019

Roland goes Square Bashing
Coverscan
Developer Simon Francis
Company
Publisher Amsoft
Musician None
Release 1984
Platform(s) CPC
Genre Arcade (Platformer)
OS
Game Modes 1 Player
Controls Keyboard Joystick
Media Cassette
Language Language:english
Information

Roland's adventures continue in this joint production between Amsoft and Durell. This time Roland is a cube. With legs.

Inlay Text

Ask Roland to unravel a Rubic's cube and you end up with something like ROLAND GOES SQUARE BASHING. Twenty screens of 3D mind puzzles of incresasing complexity will test your IQ for quick thinking logic. The player has to resolve the correct path over, under, around and sometimes behind the tiles (which are seen in 3D and therefore not always easy to follow) so that Roland (the little man who looks like a sugar cube) jumps on each and every tile at least once. As soon as play has started the tile underneath Roland will start to decay quite rapidly so it is necessary to keep moving, and you must plan ahead so that you don't get stuck out on a limb. The first screens are pretty easy, and have been designed to prepare the player for the real brain itch that starts around screen 7.


Title Screen
In-Game Screen


Videos

Retro Gaming Memories: Roland Goes Square Bashing

Ratings

CWTA: Issue 04 (Apr '85) Page 24-25 no mark
AA: Issue 01 (Oct '85) Page 81 30%
Amtix: Issue 02 (Dec '85) Page 78 21%

Cheat Mode

None

Prequels / Sequels

None

Compilations & Re-releases

None

Trivia

  • Amsoft's bizarre attempt at a mascot, the Roland series of games were all coded independently and had virtually no relation to each other (Time and Space excluded)apart from the use of the Roland name (christened after lead CPC developer Roland Perry)

Downloads & Materials

  • Roland Goes Square Bashing

  • Cover

  • Instructions

  • Tape Side A

  • Tape Side B

  • CWTA Review

Links

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