Machine Hunter

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Machine Hunter
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Developer(s)	Eurocom Entertainment Software
Publisher(s)	MGM Interactive
Platform(s)	Windows 95, PlayStation
Release date	April 6, 1997
Genre(s)	Shooter
Mode(s)	Single player Multiplayer
Media	1 CD

Machine Hunter is a top-down shooter game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software. It was developed and released simultaneously in 1997 for Windows 95 and PlayStation console.

[edit] Gameplay

The objective of the game is for the player to shoot down robots and take control of them. Once the player has taken control of the robot, he/she has the robot's weapons and upgrades. The player can take control of many different types of robots. The player must rescue all the civilians in order to proceed to the next stage. The game has a two player cooperative mode.

Throughout the game, the player moves his way shooting a robots, aliens, mutants and huge vehicles that tries to impede the player's progress. There is a total of 9 robots the player can take control of, each with different abilities and weapons.

Power-ups are provided at various levels. List of power-ups includes:

- Health - Restores the player's health to 100%.

- Power Upgrade level 1 - The player's bullets turns green, and is more lethal than the player's default weapon.

- Power Upgrade level 2 - The player's bullets turns blue, and is even more lethal than green,and to some extent capable of performing special functions (like homing into enemies, firing at two angles spread 90 degrees apart, etc).

- Proximity Mines - The player willl drop it on the floor, then lure enemies to walk over it. After 5 seconds, it will explode, causing massive damage(even to the player him/herself who got too near).

- Explosion - Once used, an explosion will appear directly in front of the player. The player will not be harmed, but enemies ahead would.

- Homing spike - A spiked ball that floats in the air, circling the player, stabbing enemies around the player and causing major damage. Even large mutants will die in one hit by this weapon.

- Floating robot aide - A round, mechanical ball that floats around the player, similar to the homing spike. When the player shoots at enemies, the robot aide will fire bullets (similar to the player's default pistol's) at nearby oponenet. It can cause minor damage to enemies, though not as deadly as the homing spike. It only appears at the few final levels.