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This article talks about the Platypus game. For other uses, see Platypus (disambiguation)

Platypus is the name of a Horizontal scrolling shooter|horizontal scrolling shooter game created by Anthony Flack (aka Squashy Software). You play as an antiquated spacecraft (the last of the F-27 Platypus fleet) attempting to defend planet Mungola from Colossatropolis (which has become so overcrowded that its inhabitants are taking over Mungola for space and resources). It goes by a Level-Area structure, with 5 Areas in one Level. You get scores depending on the percent of primary targets and transport carriers you kill. The music in both Platypus and Platypus 2 on all platforms except iPhone consists of various remixes of Commodore 64 game tunes by various Commodore 64 composers, and performed by various remixers of Commodore 64 music. They originally appeared on CDs from the C64Audio.com label, and were licenced to Idigicon Ltd. by High Technology Publishing Ltd., the current publishers for all composers whose music appeared in the game except Jonathan Dunn who is represented by Bucks Music Publishing Ltd. (and who at the time was unpublished). Where possible, full credits appeared in the distributions, albeit in text file form.

1 Claymation
2 PSP Release
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Claymation

All the artwork for the game is created using a process called Claymation. Anthony Flack has stated that due to limited availability of Plasticine in his home country of New Zealand at the time the game was created, he re-used the same lump of gray plasticine to create all the models, photographed them with a digital camera, and added color to the digital images on Adobe Photoshop.

[edit] PSP Release

On March 26, 2009, Platypus saw a re-release for Sony's Playstation Portable console, available for download on the Playstation Network.^[1] The game functions the same as its full PC downloadable version, but with minor changes for the PSP version, like the new screen size.