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1990 · Jaleco · Action · Platformer
Rod Land
Nintendo console exclusive
The player(s) control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic wand (rod). Following the concept of Taito's Bubble Bobble, the rod doesn't kill the monsters directly, but only leaves them immobilized, crying. To kill them, the rod can grasp them in a magic force-field and the player can smash them down over her head until they disappear and leave a power-up behind.
- Released
- 3 April 1990
- Platforms
- AmigaAmstrad CPCArcadeAtari STAtari ST/STECommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXGame BoyNESNintendo SwitchZX Spectrum
- Genres
- ActionPlatformer
- Developers
- Jaleco
- Publishers
- JalecoHamster CorporationStorm
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionFantasy
- Country
- Japan
- Composers
- Tsukasa Tawada
About
Rod Land is a 1990 platform video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. Originally only released in Japan in April 1990, it was ported to various home consoles and personal computers, which were released internationally. A spin-off, Soldam, was released in 1992.
Keywords
- shark
- fairy
- high score
- kidnapping
- whale
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player(s) control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic wand (rod). Following the concept of Taito's Bubble Bobble, the rod doesn't kill the monsters directly, but only leaves them immobilized, crying. To kill them, the rod can grasp them in a magic force-field and the player can smash them repeatedly against the ground, from side to side, until they disappear and leave a power-up behind.
Each level is only one small screen composed of monsters, platforms, ladders and, later, tunnels. Unlike other games of the genre, the players can never jump, but have to use ladders. They can conjure one custom ladder above or below them in order to go to the appropriate platform. There can be only one such 'custom' ladder; therefore if the fairy summons it again, it will disappear from its previous position in order to appear again next to the fairy. This can be beneficial for the player, if a monster is climbing that ladder to approach her.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Jaleco Arcade 1Jaleco Collection: Vol.1Legends Core PlusStar Flashback Blast!
- Derivative works
- Soldam
- Ported as
- Arcade Archives: Rod LandRod-Land
- Basis for
- Soldam
- Built on it
- Rod-Land
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Players
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