Mr Rice

mr rice 2

Spawned from French classes and Treasure Hunt, made back in 1994. There's parallax, but there is no plot — try to kill the enemy. Download Mr Rice 2, or its more primitive forebear Mr Rice. There are two ways to control our hero: mouse and keyboard.

play mr rice 2

Arrow keys move/aim · CTRL fire · SPACE crouch / pick up / use · ALT jump · 1–0 select weapon · S save · F1 help. Prefer the original? Grab the .zip and run it under DOSBox.

controls

Keyboard control is simple. Use the arrow keys for movement and aiming. CTRL fires the selected gun. SPACE — if standing still — drops Mr Rice onto his belly, where he can still crawl, aim and fire; if crawling, he'll stand. Next to a bonus he'll pick it up and use it; next to a lift or door he'll activate it; next to a vehicle he'll climb in (and out again).

ALT — leap athletically into the air.
W — tells you your current weapon.
1,2…9,0 and + − — the gun selector.
J — jetpack toggle (if you have one).
B — riceboard toggle (if you have one).

F1 — help toggle (aiming / mouse practice).
F2 — parallax toggle (all on, half, off).
F3 — screen-computer toggle.
F4 — foreground-graphics toggle.
F5 — turbo mode (some machines only).

S — save the game, then press the number for the slot. Works for a limited time only.

With the mouse: to go left, point the cursor to the far left of Mr Rice and press the right button; far right to go right. Aim by positioning the cursor above or below him and pressing the right button. Fire with the left button.

weapons

The enemy has very stupidly left many guns, bonuses and medipacks lying around the levels. Some of the main weapons:

Pump laser — the default, and some say the weediest. Rapid bursts of moderately powerful red light.
Land mine — a square charge that causes huge damage if used correctly.
Laser rifle — now this is more like it. Very powerful, kills very thoroughly.
Machine gun — okay, it's an Uzi. Kill many thousands of nasties with this gorgeous weapon.
Chain gun — even more devastating than the Uzi, and no pause to reload. The force shoves dying nasties metres before they hit the dirt.
Shot gun — excellent at close range, crapper at long range. But at long range the enemy can't hit you either, so don't worry.
Missile launcher — fires big missiles that kill anything they hit. Including you, if you fire one at a badguy stood next to you.
Flame thrower — sort of burns things. Then they die.
Grenades — throw them, run away, then they explode. Used 'just right', they fling nasties metres into the air.
X-Ray laser — the most powerful laser I could invent. Use it wisely: all the time, and kill everybody.

vehicles

The helicopter — flies, with a side-mounted chaingun and a grenade dropper. Moderate armour, withstands several hits.
The automobile — a heavily armed and armoured car: front-mounted chaingun and missile launcher. Takes several direct missile shots.
The motorcycle — fitted with a turbo laser cannon and a jump pack.

bosses

At the end of each chapter you must kill a guardian. This is easy, because they're very stupid — figure out the method of attack and dodge it. Later ones are harder only because they have more weapons, but by then you'll probably have a missile launcher anyway, so don't worry.