After Dark Games - Rodger Dodger
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2012
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Now for the most anticipated game of the pack: game number 5, Rodger Dodger. You control a colored sphere through 18 different levels, making this the only other game in the "After Dark" pack which actually has levels (the other being Mowin' Maniac). Once you've cleared all 18 levels the game loops back to level 1 but the score keeps on going, so it's like an endurance to see how many times you can beat the game. The goal in every stage is to collect all the green "things" on the screen then go to the exit indicated by the flashing green dot which takes you to the next level. You have to do this before the timer runs out. The meter at the top of the screen acts as the timer and it's also your energy meter. The meter goes down faster or slower depending on the difficulty setting and also what enemies you come in contact with. If it runs out completely, you die and all the green collectibles are back, so you have to try the level all over again. The green "infinity" symbol and the green circle replenish some of your energy, but don't fill the bar up completely. The green star gives you an extra life, though you can't have more than 4 at any time. The stars also don't respawn if you die - they just get replaced by a regular green spiral, so you can't collect the same star twice to act as infinite continues on that level. Standing in your way are a lot of enemies, some of which kill you instantly upon contact, while others drain more or less of your energy. I don't even know what these things are supposed to be - they're just random shapes thrown together, so I'll just call them "this thing" or "that thing". The red-yellow square, the yellow triangle, the yellow sphere with two red spikes orbiting around it and the red-yellow-pentagon thing don't kill you immediately upon contact, but instead take away some of your health. The yellow triangle and the red pentagons with spikes, can also turn doors, just like your sphere, so you can't hide from them forever. The only difference is that the spiked things kill you instantly, while the triangle doesn't. The red and yellow pentagon, which only shows up in the last stage, can actually drain your life from a distance, without making contact with you, so try to stay as far as possible from it. Any other enemies not mentioned so far kill you on contact and you have no way of defending yourself, other than running away (guess that's why it's called "Rodger DODGER" - get it ? You DODGE stuff...). You can actually trap enemies inside tight spaces by waiting for them to come next to a door and then turn that door at just the right moment, forcing the enemy inside, but this is pretty hard to do considering they constantly move around in random patterns and rarely go near the doors. Both you and the enemies can only move along a grid (you can't go diagonally) so the controls feel a little stiff, especially when you're being chased by an enemy and you want to get away as fast as possible. One thing I really don't appreciate from a Sierra game is the soundtrack (if you can even call it that): it's just a 4 second loop being repeated over and over - there was no excuse not to have an actual melody ! It really becomes tiring after a while, so turn off your speakers or mute the game ! The game gets pretty hard once you reach the later stages - by that point there's so much sh!t on the screen it's hard to even survive, let alone collect all the green things. Even so, save for the repetitive music, Rodger Dodger is a great little time killer which keeps you playing just for the sake of seeing the next level if nothing else. Give it a shot ! 
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Kids today will never understand the struggle of trying to play these games
Two things I will never forget, the music from Roger Doger and *Tada* "Big Deal."
Thanks for the upload, brings back so many memories playing this on my Win2000 back in the day!
Same here! I even still remember the "Doo Wop" song from Toaster Run when you touch the record player in the Rec Room 😂
This game was my childhood. 🥲
I remember playing this game. So much fun.
Could be some sort of boss, though I can't really describe it as a boss battle, since you don't have any weapons to fight, you just run away from it.
I played these games when i was like 5 lol
i love this game!!!!!!!!!!
Man some of these games were better and more entertaining than console games. Thank you for uploading this video
How can i play this now?? i have so many memories as a child playing all of the After Dark Games. :)
This was the original World’s Hardest Game
One of the best games in PC game history!
Try it on hard.
Level 6 was always my favorite because it feels like a maze 😊
Oh i remember loving this game! even the same question came back to me; what's with the camera sounds lol
Is there a place I can download this nostalgia bomb? I hope I can make it work with Windows 10.
I wish this game would work on any computer regardless of year or os.
Thanks for letting me repost. Anyways I was wondering what your opinion was of the pentagon thing. It did seem like the final boss since it didn't show up in any other levels didn't it?
Is there a game like this for iPhone?
8:56 when you are cornered there's literally no way out