This game is classic arcade fun - pick up that joystick and instantly you're having tons of fun leaping over monsters and pummelling them into oblivion. Each level not only looks superb but is really interesting to explore: I love the simple mechanics of clinging onto ledges to fire or leap towards higher places in this dingy and creepy world. What a great adventure - arcade-style - and is proving to be every bit as good as I remembered.
Weee!! Leap your way through the labyrinth, clinging to anything that may help ya...
However, I must say that the joystick controls are what impress me the most which is no easy task for a one-button stick! They are immediately responsive so therefore keep the action going as fast as it should. The range of monsters is brilliant and what's better than powering-up with ridiculous weapons to crush your enemy?
Graphically, this is a stunner and considering no STe hardware scrolling is used (which is sad) the old STf keeps up with the pace perfectly. There is always so much going on and the scrolling is both fast and smooth with gorgeous sprites - I love those wonky old skeletons. However, it's the overall design which I adore because it just works so feels like a belting arcade experience. Stunning atmosphere and an all-round fantastic home conversion.
Oh no, skeleton monsters!!! KILL THEM. In fact, why not blast everything? It's fun!
Overall, this is pretty faithful to the original and I feel US Gold did us proud, especially considering they ignored the STe hardware... sigh... which would have been a huge deal with a little help from the Blitter. Still, it's fantastic to fun and is one of my personal favourite Atari ST arcade conversions. Which means it scores top marks from me!!
Download either the floppy disk via Old Games Finder or the hard disk version by Klaz!
Download either the floppy disk via Old Games Finder or the hard disk version by Klaz!
