Meltdown (video game)

Meltdown is a video game developed by Momentum Games and released December 2006. Designed to be played on handheld devices the game requires only a single button in order to play. This game is the first to feature the Momentum Games mascot Emgee, a robot whose job in Meltdown is to shut down a series of failing nuclear reactors in order to avoid the meltdown of a power station. The single button input is used to control Emgee's jump height, pressing the button starts charging the jump power, the longer it's held the higher the robot will jump. The game's story describes how Emgee has developed a fault, his legs won't stop moving and he changes direction only after hitting an obstacle.

Website Description of Game

In Meltdown you play Emgee, the nuclear power station's safety control robot. You work inside the core reactors and ensure that they operate correctly. Unfortunately, the power stations are getting old and rusty and running into a poor state of repair making them increasingly hazardous places to work - far too dangerous for humans!

Your day starts badly when all 5 core reactors start to move towards meltdown! But what makes today a particularly bad day is that due to a malfunction, your legs won't stop moving! Bouncing into walls is your only way to change direction. Fortunately, your SUPER powerful spring loaded jump still works, as does your jet pack. (Phewww!)

Shut down 2 out of the 5 core reactors in each nuclear power station to save each one from going into a state of meltdown. Press the safety shutdown buttons before time expires, avoiding vats of reactor coolant, hazardous electric currents and radioactive Gremlins.

Only you can save us from nuclear meltdown. Good luck...you'll need it!

Features

  • VGA Graphics.
  • 90 Different Levels.
  • 3 Difficulty Settings.
  • Hazards including Vats of Reactor Coolant, Electric Currents, Radioactive Gremlins.
  • Original Music Track.
  • Multi-Language Support (English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Nederlands).

Development Credits

  • Game Design - Ceri Stagg, Neil Armstrong
  • Programming - Neil Armstrong
  • Graphics - Nick Tarte, David Spare, Neil Armstrong
  • Music - Rob Bridgett
  • Translation - Yves Jeanrenaud, Barbara Walter