Dancing Monster

Dancing Monster

Game No.	467
Voting	3.00 points, 20 votes
Developer	Peter Dekany, Denes Baan
Publisher	Commodore
Release	1983
Platform	C64
Genre	Miscellaneous, Weird!
Gamemode	Single player
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Description[edit | edit source]

A beautiful princess was turned into a monster and additionally forced to dance for eternity. Now you have the task to free her from the "additional parts" with your magic missile.

The player's task is to disassemble a dancing monster by pointing with the joystick to the corresponding body parts and pressing the fire button. After that the corresponding body part disappears. In the upper left corner, the computer shows which part is currently required. You need to start with the horns (HRN), then go in with the ears (EAR), and so on. If the player waits too long, clicks off target or the wrong body part (=one which has not been in the requirement yet), then a disappeared part grows back. In between the monster tauntingly sticks its tongue out to the player.

Design[edit | edit source]

... an animation from the game ...

... shortly before the conversion to princess ...

The monster is funnily designed, but the animation is very jittery. There is no background and the course of motions repeat. The music is monotonous and rather creates boredom.

Hints[edit | edit source]

Controls in the title screen

F1 = slow
F3 = middle
F5 = fast
F7 = very fast
= start game

Controls in the game

= move crosslines
= fire

Shortages of the body parts

HRN = Horns, EAR = Ears, TRN = Trunk, TNG = Tongue, ARM = Arms, TL = Tail, LEG = Legs

Solution[edit | edit source]

Cheats[edit | edit source]

In the C64 emulator (e. g. VICE) simply adjust the maximum speed via "OPTIONS" to 50 or less and quietly click the body parts away one after the other.

Voting[edit | edit source]

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
3.00 points at 20 votes (rank 1069). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
C64Games	5	18th November 2005 - "satisfying" -484 downs
Lemon64	3,7	6th October 2007 - 18 votes
Rombach	6	Vote 3 (1984)
Gamebase64	2	Stupid

Reviews[edit | edit source]

Sledgie: "Basically, the game idea is quite funny. In practice (my four-year old son has tested) the game failed. The motivation is only very short, it gets boring very quickly. The music gets on your nerves."

mombasajoe: "No comment. This is the first "game" that I have played through in my first try... and in the second try below 1 1/2 minutes. Not kidding. No cheat. No game. Only trash. Added to this is an awful sound and jittery images. No, thanks. Enough."