Nicky 2

Nicky 2
Developer(s)	Microïds
Publisher(s)	Microïds
Producer(s)	Alain Lambin
Programmer(s)	Fabrice Decroix
Artist(s)	Pierre Fallard Loïc Yvart
Composer(s)	Claude Abromont
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS X, mobile
Release	1992
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Nicky 2, or Nicky II, is a platform game developed and originally released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS by Microïds in 1992. It is a sequel to 1992's Nicky Boom in which the boy Nicky returns to fight evil forces. Its iPhone version was released as Nicky Boom 2 in 2009.

Gameplay

The player controls the protagonist Nicky who moves on his feet and on a flying goose. Nicky's main weapons against monsters are firecracker bombs, stones, and ultrasound whistles.[1]

Plot

At the end of the first game, the little hero boy Nicky has managed to defeat the evil witch Zoldrane the Sorceress and rescue his grandfather, and it seemed peace was restored to their forest. But after his toys get mysteriously scattered, rumors arrive that the witch had an equally wicked but even more powerful sister who is now causing chaos and preparing terrible revenge. And so his grandfather sends Nicky with a magic goose to seek out her lair.[2] If Nicky manages to reach and defeat the end boss (a dragon), a volcano erupts and destroys the entire dark realm as he flies away on his goose.

Reception

Nicky 2 received mixed ratings, including 67% from Amiga Computing,[2] 72% from Amiga Format,[1] 76% from Amiga Games,[3] 68% from Amiga Joker,[4] 58% from CU Amiga,[2] D- from Amiga Game Zone,[5] 77% from Génération 4,[6] and 78% (Amiga) and 72% (Atari ST) from Joystick.[7][8]

References

1. "Amiga Format Magazine Issue 051". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
2. "Amiga Reviews: Nicky Boum 2". Amigareviews.leveluphost.com. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
3. Amiga Games 1993-08.
4. "Amiga Joker (1993-08)(Joker Verlag)(DE)". Archive.org. August 1993. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
5. "Amiga Game Zone - Issue 1 (1994) (Amiga Game Zone) (US)". 1994. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
6. "Test" (JPG). Download.abandonware.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
7. "Nicky 2 Review" (JPG). Download.abandonware.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
8. "Nicky 2 Review" (JPG). Download.abandonware.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.

External links

• Play Nicky Boum and Nicky 2 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at Microids website Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Nicky 2 at MobyGames
• Nicky 2 at Lemon Amiga
• Nicky Boom & Nicky 2 at DotEmu