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Shockwave

1990 โ€ขNintendo Entertainment System

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Game Details

In Shockwave you need to retrieve powerful crystals left behind by the Tarian race. The Rastons are after the crystals also, which places a short time limit on the mission. You are armed only with a spacesuit and a shockwave pistol. To retrieve the crystals, you will need to find your way through numerous mazes. Blocks in the maze can be moved with the shockwave pistol. When you hit a block with the pistol, this will move blocks adjacent to the block hit rather than the block itself. If numerous blocks are lined up, the shockwave will continue to travel through the blocks until the path is clear and a block can be moved. Some blocks are indestructable and immovable, while others can be moved, and some completely destroyed. Teleportation doors, force fields and other special items can be found in some mazes. To complete most of the levels the blocks will need to be moved about in the proper order to avoid leaving a critical path permanently blocked. If you do get stuck, there is an option to restart a maze (this feature becomes more and more useful as the game progresses.) Wandering about many of the levels are FireStars which will weaken your spacesuit and eventually destroy it. Each level has a time limit in which to solve the maze and retrieve all of the crystals.

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These handhelds can play this game on at least one matching system at a B grade or better.

AYANEO

AYANEO

AYANEO

$699 (Indiegogo early bird) $789 (512 GB) $869 (1 TB) $47 (Dock) โ€” maker's price, ships from outside the EU

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Analogue Pocket

Analogue Pocket

Analogue

โ‚ฌ449.95 inside the EU at RetroGear (VAT included) ยท maker's price $220 $250 (Glow in the dark) $99 (Dock), ships from outside the EU

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AOKZOE A1

AOKZOE A1

AOKZOE (One Netbook spinoff)

16GB+512GB: $899 / $1099 16GB+1TB: $999 / $1199 16GB+2TB: $1150 / $1350 32GB+2TB: $1299 / $1499 โ€” maker's price, ships from outside the EU

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AYANEO Air Pro

AYANEO Air Pro

AYANEO

512 GB Air Pro: $899 (Early bird) / $999 1 TB Air Pro: $999 (Early bird) / $1099 2 TB Air Pro: $1299 (Early bird) / $1399 โ€” maker's price, ships from outside the EU

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AYANEO Air

AYANEO Air

AYANEO

128 GB Air Youth: $499 (Early bird) / $549 256 GB Air: $569 (Early bird) / $629 512 GB Air: $599 (Early bird) / $649 โ€” maker's price, ships from outside the EU

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