1983 Thorn EMI Video (UK)
by Nick Burroughs
This is a sort of early Gauntlet maze shoot-em-up game. The goal is to place a plasma bomb and destroy the entire race of Zerans. That's the resumed story, the game play is basically running around a maze, destroying everything that moves, catching lifts and energy objects while finding the volcanic plug where to leave the plasma bomb. The action happens quite fast, a bit too fast for the sprites sake, which flicker like mad sometimes. Overall Volcanic Planet is a very good 16k shoot em up maze game with plenty of action.
