Kolibri (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Kolibri


developer = Novotrade
publisher = Sega
released =vgrelease|EU/JPN|November 30, 1995
genre = Scrolling shooter
modes = Single player, two players (co-op)
platforms = Sega 32X, GameTap
media = cartridge

"Kolibri" is a shooting game created exclusively for the Sega 32X, the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis add-on console. It was designed by Ed Annunziata and developed by Novotrade (now known as Appaloosa), the creators of Ecco the Dolphin. "Kolibri" is the word or root word for hummingbird in several European languages.

toryline

A crystal from outer space has embedded itself in the earth and started creating life. Soon another similar crystal crashed to earth and started to destroy what the first crystal had created and started to sap away its strength. Before being totally destroyed the crystal gave a lone hummingbird its power. It is up to this hummingbird to save the earth.

The game's unusual storyline, along with its release on a relatively obscure platform, has been used as a subject of humour by Penny Arcade, which described "Kolibri" as "arguably the finest hummingbird based shooter on the 32X". [cite web | url = http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2001/20011217h.gif| title = We're Right: The 25th Annual Penny Arcade Gaming Awards ]

Gameplay

The game offers numerous power-ups for the player's "kolibri". Each one follows different patterns. Some are spread shots and others will home in on an enemy. This game also features a good number of puzzles which grow increasingly difficult with each level.

Cheats

*A hacker known as TascoDLX found a cheat code to access a debug menu after another hacker, Tony Hedstrom, discovered its existence [ [http://forums.segaxtreme.net/showthread.php?p=128616 Sega Xtreme - "Kolibri 32x debugger?"] ] . The debug menu allows the player to change weapons and skip levels.

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