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Colors (video game)
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Colors is a Gizmondo
game that uses the console's GPS system to allow the player to play in the area where the player is located in real life, in the game. Colors was intended to be the world’s first GPS video game, but due to Gizmondo’s bankruptcy, it was never officially released.
There was a mostly complete version of Colors that was circulated on the Internet. When first playing Colors, it appears the multiplayer game, called TurfWar, is offline. After a player gains 30,000 dollars, it unlocks. Another unlockable is the tag editor which allows players to spraypaint custom tags around the city. It is unlocked after beating a certain mission in the game.
The multiplayer mode of the game does not function.
, Resident Evil 4
, or Max Payne
. Its targeting system is odd, in that you cannot manually target body parts like the head or arms, but instead, the reticle moves automatically, slowing down and becoming more precise depending on the player's movement. If he or she strafes or moves more while targeting, then the reticle wildly bobs around, becoming hard to aim and shoot accurately.
When you start the game, you are allowed to select a character. Other than differing in appearance, two stats are also presented, health, and stamina.
A button must be held to strafe, and due to the Gizmondo's lack of an analog stick
, a button must also be pressed to activate running. It must only be pressed once though.
The game's weapon selection is split into different types. There are rifles, shotguns, pistols, and explosives, as well as some improvised weapons like nailguns
. There are no melee weapons though, only ranged ones.
In the game, you can be caught by the police, which takes you to a prison cell with three people in it. Two of them offer to get you out at a price, while one will offer you to get out for free, but you must go through having sex with this prisoner. After that, you are transported to the hospital, and are allowed to leave.
Crimson City itself is mostly free roaming, but divided into several small areas with loading screens. The locales in the game include a train station( where the game begins and ends), a China Town, a Little Italy
, a Little Mexico, a junk yard, some docks, and an area that doesn't stick with a particular theme, but has a man you can buy C4
explosives from. Some of the highest paying missions are also in this area.
Overall, there are about forty missions in the game, and no main story, so all of them are self contained stories of the character's services to multiple people. Each boss has their own, small story that is uncovered more, such as one female Spanish boss who is being followed around by a junkyard worker, and finally gets kidnapped by the worker, leaving the character to save her and kill him.
in the stereotypical purple suit and hat, a corrupt police officer, a gamut of gangsters, and many criminals fitting stereotypes of their race.
During the game's missions, you are given jobs such as hiding drugs for a cop, removing someone's life support
plug, getting high on drugs and chasing a man in a rabbit suit through a maze-like building.
The game ends with the player leaving the city ambiguously as he came in. After beating the game, you are treated to being able to select a lot more character models to play as, including many of the denizens within Crimson City itself, such as the pizza seller, the drug rabbit, the gun dealer, Mr. Smith, whom has some of the best stats in the game, and a medieval knight, which is never seen regularly in the game.
Gizmondo
The Gizmondo is a handheld gaming console which was released by Tiger Telematics in March 2005. The electronics design was undertaken by Plextek Limited and the industrial design by Rick Dickinson....
game that uses the console's GPS system to allow the player to play in the area where the player is located in real life, in the game. Colors was intended to be the world’s first GPS video game, but due to Gizmondo’s bankruptcy, it was never officially released.
There was a mostly complete version of Colors that was circulated on the Internet. When first playing Colors, it appears the multiplayer game, called TurfWar, is offline. After a player gains 30,000 dollars, it unlocks. Another unlockable is the tag editor which allows players to spraypaint custom tags around the city. It is unlocked after beating a certain mission in the game.
The multiplayer mode of the game does not function.
Gameplay
Gameplay in Colors is very similar to many popular third person shooter games, like Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Auto (series)
Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...
, Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by multiple publishers, including Capcom, Ubisoft, Nintendo Australia, Red Ant Enterprises and THQ Asia Pacific...
, or Max Payne
Max Payne
Max Payne is a BAFTA Award–winning third-person shooter video game developed by Finnish developers Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers in July 2001 for Microsoft Windows. Ports created later in the year for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameBoy Advance were published by...
. Its targeting system is odd, in that you cannot manually target body parts like the head or arms, but instead, the reticle moves automatically, slowing down and becoming more precise depending on the player's movement. If he or she strafes or moves more while targeting, then the reticle wildly bobs around, becoming hard to aim and shoot accurately.
When you start the game, you are allowed to select a character. Other than differing in appearance, two stats are also presented, health, and stamina.
A button must be held to strafe, and due to the Gizmondo's lack of an analog stick
Analog stick
An analog stick, sometimes called a control stick or thumbstick, is an input device for a controller that is used for two-dimensional input. An analog stick is a variation of a joystick, consisting of a protrusion from the controller; input is based on the position of this protrusion in relation...
, a button must also be pressed to activate running. It must only be pressed once though.
The game's weapon selection is split into different types. There are rifles, shotguns, pistols, and explosives, as well as some improvised weapons like nailguns
Nail gun
A nail gun, nailgun or nailer is a type of tool used to drive nails into wood or some other kind of material. It is usually driven by electromagnetism, compressed air , highly flammable gases such as butane or propane, or, for powder-actuated tools, a small explosive charge...
. There are no melee weapons though, only ranged ones.
In the game, you can be caught by the police, which takes you to a prison cell with three people in it. Two of them offer to get you out at a price, while one will offer you to get out for free, but you must go through having sex with this prisoner. After that, you are transported to the hospital, and are allowed to leave.
Crimson City itself is mostly free roaming, but divided into several small areas with loading screens. The locales in the game include a train station( where the game begins and ends), a China Town, a Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.-Canada:*Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta*Little Italy, Montreal, in Quebec...
, a Little Mexico, a junk yard, some docks, and an area that doesn't stick with a particular theme, but has a man you can buy C4
C-4 (explosive)
C4 or Composition C4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive known as Composition C.-Composition and manufacture:C4 is made up of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer and usually marker or odorizing taggant chemicals such as 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane to help detect the explosive and...
explosives from. Some of the highest paying missions are also in this area.
Overall, there are about forty missions in the game, and no main story, so all of them are self contained stories of the character's services to multiple people. Each boss has their own, small story that is uncovered more, such as one female Spanish boss who is being followed around by a junkyard worker, and finally gets kidnapped by the worker, leaving the character to save her and kill him.
Story
The game takes place in the fictional Crimson City. The game contains little to no story, the reason why the main character is in the city, nor are there any explanations as to why he begins to commit crimes. Your character is simply introduced by a vague CG intro arriving by train. The people you work for range from a pimpPimp
A pimp is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing a location where she may engage clients...
in the stereotypical purple suit and hat, a corrupt police officer, a gamut of gangsters, and many criminals fitting stereotypes of their race.
During the game's missions, you are given jobs such as hiding drugs for a cop, removing someone's life support
Life support
Life support, in medicine is a broad term that applies to any therapy used to sustain a patient's life while they are critically ill or injured. There are many therapies and techniques that may be used by clinicians to achieve the goal of sustaining life...
plug, getting high on drugs and chasing a man in a rabbit suit through a maze-like building.
The game ends with the player leaving the city ambiguously as he came in. After beating the game, you are treated to being able to select a lot more character models to play as, including many of the denizens within Crimson City itself, such as the pizza seller, the drug rabbit, the gun dealer, Mr. Smith, whom has some of the best stats in the game, and a medieval knight, which is never seen regularly in the game.
External links
- Colors at GameSpotGameSpotGameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
- Colors at IGNIGNIGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
- Colors at Lost Levels