Evolution Download (1983 Arcade action Game)

Evolution is an arcade style action game with six levels where you need to evolve from an amoeba to a human. Each level is a different stage in evolution with it's own unique goals. The first level is the amoeba stage where you need to eat all the DNA on the screen while avoiding the spores, microbes, and antibodies that are trying to stop you. The second level is the tadpole stage. The tadpole needs to eat three flies to move on to the next stage while avoiding the very hungry fish. Next is the rodent stage, where you need to eat five blocks of cheese while avoiding the snakes. In level four you need to guide a beaver across alligator infested waters to retrieve sticks and build a dam. The fifth level is the gorilla stage, where your gorilla has to use coconuts to fight off monkeys that are trying to steel its orange stash. And finally is the human stage, where you have to use a laser gun to fight off mutants that are trying to take over the earth.

Evolution is a fun and quirky arcade game from Sydney Development. You start as an amoeba trying to advance up the evolutionary chain to become a human. To do this you will have to go through a total of six distinctly different evolutionary steps, each an action 'mini-game' with its own challenges and goals. In the amoeba stage, your goal is to eat all the DNA while avoiding spores, microbes, and other one-cell animals that try to catch you. In the tadpole stage, you must eat three of the elusive water flies while avoiding the menacing fish. In the rodent stage, your goal is to eat five blocks of cheese. For the first time, you can now attack your predators (the snakes): here by dropping one of your dung piles on them. In the beaver stage, you must finish building a dam with sticks while avoiding alligators. In the gorilla stage, you must protect your three oranges from thieving monkeys. Hit five monkeys with coconuts to go to the next level. The final stage, set after you have evolved to be a human, is set in the far future. Here you must kill the mutants with your laser pistol.

The gameplay is smooth, hectic, and quite a lot of fun - although the levels are unfortunately too short. The gorilla level is by far my favorite level, although like all the rest it is over all too soon. Worth a look if you like unique and interesting action games.

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