BAT ATTACK (KUMA)
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I WAS CONTACTED BY A CHAP BY THE NAME OF JOKKE, I BELIEVE HE IS FROM FINLAND. HE TOLD ME HE HAD BOUGHT A TATUNG EINSTEIN TC01 FROM GERMANY, AND WHEN HE RECEIVED IT, HE FOUND A COPY OF THIS GAME WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I AM ENVIOUS! WHAT A FIND. UP TO THIS POINT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS GAME *ANYWHERE*. I HAD NEVER SEEN IT IN ANY CATALOGUES OR PRICE LISTS FOR TATUNG EINSTEIN.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD GOING TO SHOPS SELLING TATUNG EINSTEIN SOFTWARE, I NEVER ONCE CLOCKED EYES ON THIS TITLE ANYWHERE. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN BAT ATTACK? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE ENTIRE STORY OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS TITLE AND HOW IT CAME TO BE.
IT'S A SIMPLE SPACE INVADERS STYLE GAME WHICH IS QUITE DIFFICULT BUT STRANGELY ADDICTIVE. THE RAT THAT KEEPS ATTACKING YOU FROM THE SIDES CAN BE EXTREMELY ANNOYING, BUT IF YOU ACTIVATE YOUR SHIELDS WISELY YOU CAN PROGRESS QUITE FAR IN THIS GAME!
JOKKE, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, IF THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU WANT TO SELL, AND PROVIDE A FOREVER HOME RIGHT HERE AT TATUNG EINSTEIN REBORN FOR YOUR ORIGINAL COPY OF BAT ATTACK, THEN YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME!
HE WAS ALSO KIND ENOUGH TO SEND ME A DISK IMAGE OF THE GAME THAT HE HAD ARRANGED, AS WELL AS GLORIOUS BOX ART SCANS. HERE THEY ARE:-
LOVELY BOX ART - WHERE HAS THIS GAME BEEN HIDING?
SPACE INVADERS STYLE GAMEPLAY
THAT PESKY RAT IS SHAPING UP TO STRIKE...AGAIN!