![]() You're the little figure that has to cross the screen to get to the money, by jumping from one vanishing platform to the other. After seeing the title screen I really thought it would be some thinking game connected with micromanagement or something similar, but instead. Why ever did they name this game Perestroika, I'll never know. As the levels increase, the game speeds up and lillypads become smaller. The player can collect colored balls for bonus points. Touching the bad bugs or the water results in death. Enemy bugs will also chase the enemy frog. ![]() These lillypads gradually grow smaller and eventually sink into the water, new lillypads appear to replace them. ![]() Recommended, although it's too bad the game is very difficult to get to work on Pentiums and above.Controlling a small frog, the player must jump across lillypads towards his goal. If you dislike political messages in games, then just ignore the connotations and play Perestroika for what it is at heart: a fun, unassuming action game. If you like the game, also check out Toppler for Windows, an excellent fanmade remake of the game-also on this site. Overall, Perestroika is a fun little action game that manages to convey a political message. ![]() I won't say which element in the game represents which - see if you can figure it out ) Suffice it to say that you will build a democracy in Russia by the time the game ends. The game represents three elements of the Russian Perestroika movement: the citizens, the bureaucrats, and the capitalists. At the same time, you must also avoid big, ugly flies that chase you around the screen and eat you up. You play a frog that must leap from one lily pad to the other to get to the finish mark before the pads sink underwater. What makes the game interesting and of historical value is not only great gameplay, but the fact that it operates on two level: as a game, and as a subliminal instrument for Russian propaganda (okay, this is a joke, folks-don't take it too seriously )). Toppler) is a fun game by a small Russian developer called Locis, who promptly disappeared after this "one hit wonder." ![]()
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