Unusually for Electronic Arts in the early 90s, this was a platform -shooter game with little or no adventuring or strategy elements. The game scrolls sideways, and has sections where precision jumps are required, either to clear rivers or collect bonuses. You carry a dagger to deal with the enemies, and must avoid contact with them. When killed, they leave coins to be collected - these are spent in the shop sections. Death loses you most of your coins, but they can usually be retrieved if they land on solid ground - making it better to be killed in combat than by drowning.
PlatformAdventureArcadeActionmagicside-scrollingwitchesundeadhigh scoregood vs evildarknessboss fightcountdown timerworld mapshoppinggoblinsSega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Amiga
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, unpretentious and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Amiga
- Developer
- Zeus Software
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts, The Hit Squad, Electronic Arts Victor, Dinamic Software, Tec Toy, Piko Interactive
- Released
- December 31, 1992
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 10 ratings.
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