Stoppt den Calippo Fresser (AMI)

Stoppt den Calippo Fresser

Platform: Amiga Year: 1992 Developer: Comad Online: Download

Stoppt den Calippo Fresser (German: Stop the Calippo eater) is a mix of obstacle courses and simple puzzles. Subtitled "Comad Freeware 2", the game was paid by Langnese to advertise their Calippo freeze pops, introduced seven years earlier.

Somewhere on small Caribbean Calippo-Island, tourism is endangered: The bad Calippo-eater is hoarding all the Calippos. As C. C. Cool, the chosen hero of the game, only you can stop him. There's no violence, but your energy is drained by everything (even clouds), replenished by the occasional floating Calippo and every 30000 points.

The Amiga version is more forgiving than the Commodore 64 version, though this is quickly let down by severe bugs in the walking levels.

Screenshots

Cheers MGM! Credits, cast, savable hall of fame. "The ice saint - The good force -" Fly the Copter vs. Flappy Bird! Two thirds of swimming can literally be done blindfolded on Amiga. Don't stand too long!

Music

The musician and programmer got probably connected through a common acquiantance, Frank Lautensack; all three lived in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony. Either way, on his first video game, Nils Ruzicka composed an atmospheric upbeat Carribean soundtrack and arranged in Sidmon II (track 1), Protracker V1.1A (tracks 2 and 13), and Sonic Arranger 1.42 or 1.43 (everything in-game). Sound effects exist only for the helicopter in level 1 and for beating level 6. Loading and new hall-of-fame entries are mute.

Tracks 1 and 2 were also arranged for the Commodore 64 version by Thomas Detert. Track 3 feels similar, though possibly by coincidence. All others are completely different and fit more than the synth-pop on the C64.

Recording

All songs were recorded from the game in WinUAE 4.4.0 with Stereo separation at 100% and Audio filter at Emulated (A500), as per real Amigas of the day.

Unfortunately, when the screen changes, most of the in-game music audibly pauses or slows down. To avoid this, the space key was pressed before a track started, and pressed again when the recording was long enough.

The helicopter sound effect in track 4 is an actual part of the arrangement.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Comad	Unknown	Nils Ruzicka	0:06		Download
02	Title	Unknown	Nils Ruzicka	4:11		Download
03	The Ice Saint	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:06		Download
04	Level 1	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	2:06		Download
05	Levels 2 and 7	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:52		Download
06	Level 3	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:13		Download
07	Level 4	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:59		Download
08	Level 5	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	1:01		Download
09	Level 6	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:11		Download
10	Level 8 Lost	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:02		Download
11	Level 8 Won	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:02		Download
12	Ending, Part 1	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:07		Download
13	Ending, Part 2	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	2:48		Download
14	Unused	Nils Ruzicka	Nils Ruzicka	0:03		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Professor Chaos
• Recorder: Professor Chaos
• Game Credits:
  • Music By: Nils Ruzicka
  • Not Credited Programmer: Michael Kleps
  • Not Credited Programmer: Lars Hamre
  • Not Credited Programmer: BrainTrace Design

(Source for Ruzicka: Title sequence. Source for programmers: Code comparison.)

Game Rip

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Audio Devices

This game uses the computer's built-in Paula chip and turns the LED filter off. An official NTSC release is unlikely.

Releases

Starting on June 10, 1992, Langnese advertised a telephone number in Amiga-Magazin 7/92 and ASM 7/92 and sent the game to the first 25000 callers.

Germany Title: Amiga Fun 7+8/92 Platform: Amiga Released: 1992-0?-?? Publisher: Computec Media

Links

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Notable Songs	Title
Notable Personnel	Thomas Detert • Nils Ruzicka
Notable Companies	Rauser Advertainment