Gorkans is an arcade game, that was released by Techstar in 1983; it runs upon Namco's Pac-Man hardware (a Zilog Z80, running at 3.072 MHz, with a Namco PSG running at 96 KHz for sound). The player must use a four-way joystick to take control of a red flame-like character which is presumably the eponymous "Gorkans", as he moves along blue lines and burns them away to collect flashing or spinning bombs for points, before they explode. Gorkans must also watch out for the orange flames (which are palette-swapped versions of him) and also moving along the blue lines and burning them away - because if he ends up touching one of them (or unable to move given that he cannot retrace his steps), he will lose a life. As in the aforementioned Pac-Man, there are specific patterns that can be used for every round; if you are running out of space to go it is also possible to wait in one of the corners for the orange flames to burn themselves out. It's also possible to cut the orange flames off completely from Gorkans, and force them to move along particular lines by clearing out all the lines around the walls and leaving them with no option - and Telko also rereleased this title as "Mr. TNT" with modified characters, changing the flames into a big red and four little yellow balls respectively.
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First round of the game.
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"Mr. TNT" title screen.
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"Mr. TNT" gameplay.
