Mankind has been virtually wiped
out by an extraterrestrial armada! Only you, piloting the "Annihilator",
can help save the solar system from ruthless alien domination. Bedlam
2 is a fast action, arcade-style game with forty-five levels of
blistering game play. As you blast away at the invading forces,
your ship moves along the bottom of the screen while you try to
avoid a barrage of enemy firepower, collisions with attacking ships
and the occasional chunk of floating space debris. By racking up
points along the way, you earn much-needed extra ships, and can
even capture hunks of gold bars released when you've demolished
the ships of some of the greedy trespassers. Other fun and nasty
surprises materialize during your long mission to free our galaxy
from this evil infestation.
Your first encounter with the alien aggressors begins near the
outer-reaches of the solar system at the ninth planet, Pluto.
If successful, you move inwards to Neptune and each planet thereafter,
until you've kicked all alien butt completely out of our galaxy!
Some of the cool sound effects in the game help you keep track
of your weapon status and any helpful or dangerous objects that
approach your territory. These include special weapon 'containers'
that are periodically released for you to try and shoot open to
free and then capture the extra-powerful ammo you need to pulverize
your attackers. There is detailed and interesting information
about each planet as you arrive at its defense, which helps illuminate
our section of the universe for those who have a hard time keeping
track of just how many planets are orbiting the sun. :-)
Bedlam 2 utilizes the latest Quicktime technology for stereo
MIDI music and has full color 3D rendered images as well as many
exciting and nerve-wracking features that will challenge your
senses and give your mouse finger a workout. As you progress beyond
each level, obliterating the swarm of adversaries becomes succeedingly
more difficult. The aliens are supplied with additional hazardous
and unpredictable weaponry the nearer you advance to Mercury.
Asteroids, score 'multipliers' and other exciting objects sometimes
appear to help or hinder you on your quest. Each planet concludes
by a battle to the death with the seemingly invincible alien mothership.
Do you have what it takes to save humanity?
The latest version of Bedlam 2™ is version 1.1.1 (released
May 5, 2004) and it contains the following improvements:
- Improved ship controllability and ship firing
- Added temporary shields when ship appears
- Added ability to skip some of the game's transition screens
Bedlam 2™ version 1.1 was released onApril 26, 2004 and
it contained the following improvements:
- Ported to Carbon (Mac OS X and Mac OS 8.6-9.x using CarbonLib).
- 16 bit graphics
- Improved sound effects
- Improved game play (full screen, additional ship capabilities,
...)
- Improved Level Four music (thanks Greg Conway, of Temple Tantrum
fame.)
Bedlam 2 won
the Mac Picks Award called "Mac Picks Recommended Software" [June,
1999]
Bedlam 2 scored a 4 out of 5 from Orbiter
Productions GameView.
Bedlam 2 received 
(five picks) from 
. It also ranked as a Jewel and
Most Popular file.
The Macintosh Info Center did a review of Bedlam
2.
The Game Guys at My
Mac Magazine had a pretty detailed review of Bedlam 2 in their
August 97 issue. It's available in My Mac's archives.
Bedlam 2 received a 4 out of 5 mice rating from
MacDownload
(ZDNet).
MacNow Magazine had a review of Bedlam 2 on
its web page (July issue).
Bedlam 2 received the Mac OS Rumors Shareware of the Week award.
