Power Factor is a video game in the action genre developed by Hand Made Software, Ltd. and published by Atari Corporation originally released in 1992. It is currently playable on Lynx.
Power Factor is an action platformer in which the protagonist, Redd Ace, fights aliens called Ceegarians from the Ceeg dimension. Of course, since aliens are present, the Ceegarians are called 'extradimensional intruders', and the Ceegarian creatures the player faces are evil invaders called 'Sinlendo Techmods'.
The main objective of the game is basically to conquer stages and bosses and build bombs to destroy the Ceegarians. The bomb has six components. The whole game takes place inside the 'reactor of our dimension', as the box says. Therefore, the game environment is designed to look like the inside of a machine. To further complicate the story, the instructions say that the game itself is a virtual reality simulation that players experience in the future based on the exploits of the Red Ace, and wander around this simulator on the 'famous Atarian Leisure Moon'.
The setting is quite small, but is designed as a Metroid-style maze. However, unlike Metroid, it is not possible to revisit areas that have been cleared. At the end of each stage, there is a boss battle, sometimes with up to two-screen enemy characters.
Red Ace features a very versatile weapon called the 'Tmat MOW', which stands for 'TRANSMAT Multiple Ordnance Weapon'. It has four different weapons that can be used with the A and B buttons, giving the game a total of eight different weapons, with a standard pistol. Other weapons include lasers, flamethrowers, missiles and bombs. Weapons can be obtained by playing through the stages and collecting various weapon icons. When you run out of ammunition, the weapon will disappear and you will have to retrieve it. You have to be conservative when collecting ammunition, especially since many weapons have only two rounds. Weapon selection is awkwardly mapped to the arrow keys, as is character movement: tapping the D-pad allows you to select a weapon, and holding it down moves Red.
Red Ace's controls are somewhat different from typical platform games of the era: weapons are mapped to the A and B buttons, and there is no jump button. Instead, the levitation pack on his back allows Redo to fly: tapping 'up' on the D-pad activates the jump, and holding 'up' activates the levitation device, allowing Redo to fly. In addition to the power bar, a fuel bar also appears, and the flight is never in vain. When crouching, Ledo automatically points upward at a 45-degree angle instead of forward.
Pressing the 'Option 2' button brings up a menu that displays information about the bomb fragments the player is collecting and details about the various weapons. Pressing the 'Option 2' button, if the player is standing in front of the computer, will bring up a menu showing a map of the area the player is in and information about enemy characters.
There are three lives and you cannot continue. There are three difficulty levels: 'Easy', 'Normal' and 'Hard', which can be selected before playing.
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