Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam

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Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam
A screenshot of the game with Dirk shown on Level 20.
Developed by	Nitrome Limited
OS	Mac, Windows
Genre	Flash game
Website	Dirk Valentine

Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam is a Flash-based game designed by Nitrome Limited and released on March 27, 2008. It is designed much like many other Nitrome games, except that Dirk Valentine has 24 levels total. At the beginning of the game, a prologue appears, telling the player what the reasoning is behind the late 19th century-styled machines. It reads:

The year is 1897. For five long years Europe has been ravaged by Baron Battenberg's steam-powered war machines. Led by Great Britain, a handful of defiant countries remain free of the Baron's tyrannical rule. But time is running out for them as his forces grow stronger every day. As dawn breaks high above the Atlantic a tiny airship arrives at its secret destination. Onboard, Britain's greatest explorer, spy, and master of esoteric fighting arts readies to strike at the heart of the Baron's empire!

[edit] Controls

The player is Dirk, the hero of late 19th century England, who is armed with a breakthrough device — the chain cannon, which can be fired at any moment with the click of the mouse. The cannon can create bridges to get across ditches and can destroy enemies. The ↑, →, and ← keys move Dirk in the corresponding direction. The ↓ key is not used in this game. The Baron's henchmen are scattered along the steam fortress. The airships and clouds in the background give the feeling that the player are high up in the sky. As of March 2008, Dirk Valentine has been #5 on the Top 5 Games on Nitrome.