In one of the of the most ambitious ASCII-mode games ever, you pilot a hovercraft and go from island to island destroying missile launchers in order to save your abducted friends. There are various types of terrain to slow you down or block your path, while guided missiles try to destroy you. Firing and movement are independent, allowing you to fire in all eight directions as you move in any direction. Originally called Islands of Danger, in which all islands were random, it was later renamed Rescue!, and SoundBlaster effects, a learning mode, and four extra episodes with fixed placement were added. There are 8 episodes in this game, with only the first playable in the shareware version.

Episode 1: Fixed placement Rescue at Islands of Danger
Episode 2: Random placement Rescue at Islands of Danger
Episode 3: Fixed placement Rescue at Islands of Courage
Episode 4: Random placement Rescue at Islands of Courage
Episode 5: Fixed placement Rescue at Islands of Darkness
Episode 6: Random placement Rescue at Islands of Darkness
Episode 7: Fixed placement Rescue at Islands of Destiny
Episode 8: Random placement Rescue at Islands of Destiny

Downloads

Rescue! v1.2 Shareware Episode (266,099 bytes)	6 January 1994	DOS	Play online
Rescue! v1.1 Shareware Episode (258,938 bytes)	28 December 1993	DOS
Islands of Danger v3.2 Shareware Episode (43,539 bytes)	21 March 1991	DOS
Islands of Danger v3.0 Shareware Episode (39,021 bytes)	19 October 1990	DOS
Islands of Danger v2.1 Shareware Episode (41,288 bytes)	29 August 1990	DOS
Islands of Danger v2.0 Shareware Episode (41,237 bytes)	17 August 1990	DOS

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Availability

Carr Software still sells the registered version of this game with full versions of all of Carr's games for $29.95 on CD-ROM.