- Release Date: 1987
- Genre: Puzzle
- Style: Adventure Puzzle
Game Description
In Abyss, players must navigate a pulsating round disc through the game's four levels filled with various types of blocks and other puzzles. Along the way, players will also have to fend off hunter-killer drones, and also avoid falling off the edge of the path into the abyss. Players start the game with ten extra lives, and when these lives are gone the game is over.Players will encounter a variety of floor blocks throughout the levels. There are pyramid shaped blocks that act as frictionless surfaces. The player disc cannot stop on these blocks and will continue right through to the next block. There are also sloped blocks that act the same way, but will redirect the disc in a specific direction. Finally, there are humped blocks that redirect the disc in a random direction. There are also blocks with holes in the middle, some of which open and close periodically.
Throughout the levels players can also find switches that will change the configuration of blocks in other parts of the level. These switches may allow access to parts of the level that were previously inaccessible. Players can also find free-standing, diamond-shaped blocks and push them along to use as shields against the hunter-killer drones.
~ Kyle Knight, All Game Guide
