Moomin Slaughter

Beware of Hattifatteners

The UK version of The Moomins was a children's TV show that ran right through the 1980s. It had a gentle pace, whimsical storytelling, with characters like Moomintroll, Moominmama, Moominpapa, and their quirky friends. Quite a captivating TV show; the kind that today’s kids sadly won’t have the pleasure of seeing!

With that in mind, here is a crosshair shooter where we get to kill all of the little bleeders!! Moomin Slaughter was released in 1994 by Scotty and has only one screen where each of the characters appears, like a rather lame Operation Wolf clone. Using the mouse, move the crosshair around the screen, picking off Moomins as they appear, climbing down buildings, escaping through windows, or wandering about. The mouse makes killing these childhood memories rather snappy and surprisingly precise (best with a real ST/e).

The game works on the ST, but is "best" played on the STe, thanks to the DMA audio being put to fine use for the Moomins’ hilarious squeals as they’re being killed. Also, if the realism option is enabled, the Moomins appear only for a short while - and when they're dead, it's game over. So, it's best to disable that realism option to cure the problem. Then the screen is filled with the blighters just waiting to be shot down. Sadly, this is when you discover the annoying slowdown, which is odd considering there's not much to push your Atari ST.

This is a quick blaster and definitely good fun for a few minutes, but nothing more than that, really.

• Fancy 5 minutes killing Moomins, then grab the download at Atarimania.
• Look here for a few more crosshair shooters: "PD" and commercial.
• It uses the DMA audio, so this game is added to our list of enhanced STe games.

You can access this menu at any time by hitting the Spacebar.

Peace reigns through the land... How can I change that?

Kill 'em all, and be quick as they're trying to escape out the windows!!

Destructible scenery and all the Moomins are dead. I'm happy lol.

Ditching realism leads to an endless supply of Moomins for a blood bath!!