Night Breed: The Action Game
Clive Barkers - Night Breed, the Action game, developed by Impact Software and published by ocean Software in 1990.
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Player's Review
"You are Boone, drawn to the 'Nightbreed' ... their victim, or their saviour? Begin your journey at the gates of the Necropolis, a graveyard above an underground labyrinth named Midian. Your task - to save the Nightbreed, a race older than man, of fantastic beings, shape-changers who are being attacked by man's jealousy in the form of the 'Sons of the Free', an evil organization bent on destruction."
The first game of a planned trilogy of games based on Clive Barker's movie Nightbreed. Only two were developed and the second did not get a release on the 8bit platforms. The second game being Nightbreed - The Interactive Movie, more of a puzzle adventure game where as The Action Game shown here is more a side scrolling brawler.
From the Manual:
In order to complete the entire game you must do the following:
1) Collect the 3 keys to Midian: one is located on each level. In
order to obtain the 3rd key, you must defeat the MASK (although
he will subsequently escape).
2) Work your way around the Necropolis and down through Midian
to the Nightbreeds' God, BAPHOMET, who will then baptize you.
This will enable you to transform into CABAL for short periods of
time. CABAL can withstand attack better than BOONE and has
greater strength than his alter-ego.
3) Open the door to the BERSERKERs chamber,
4) Work your way up to the surface of Midian to free the Breed.
They then tell you that the MASK has your girlfriend, LORI.
5) Descend back down and engage in the ultimate battle with the
MASK. With victory achieved, you must get back to the surface of
Midian where you will be re-united with LORI.
Another of Oceans movie licenced games that made it to the main 8 and 16 bit home computers of the time. I previously played the Spectrum and C64 game and even if the gameplay is marmite, the games are well presented overall and don't come across as rush jobs. The Amiga version on the other hand ..
Now I have to get into the right mindset. its 1990 and maybe this is actually good for the time. It just seems lacking after playing the other versions. Instead of animated story sequences, we get some film stills with overlaid text. There are three levels with two and three needing to be revisited and makes for a very short game especially as this version moves at a brisk pace. There overall map does not seem as big in this version although there are still more screens than you need to actually visit.
The game can be challenging due to the way the enemies spawn and can appear quite random at times. You get three lives and plenty of energy that can be replenished at energy balls. But you can also take lots of hits with most damage being taken by annoying flames that appear randomly under you. There is a gun and ammo to find which can also be stolen from you from certain enemies. The Amiga game does seem quite buggy with enemies able to walk through walls to reach you if they spawn on the wrong side of the screen.
The first game of a planned trilogy of games based on Clive Barker's movie Nightbreed. Only two were developed and the second did not get a release on the 8bit platforms. The second game being Nightbreed - The Interactive Movie, more of a puzzle adventure game where as The Action Game shown here is more a side scrolling brawler.
From the Manual:
In order to complete the entire game you must do the following:
1) Collect the 3 keys to Midian: one is located on each level. In
order to obtain the 3rd key, you must defeat the MASK (although
he will subsequently escape).
2) Work your way around the Necropolis and down through Midian
to the Nightbreeds' God, BAPHOMET, who will then baptize you.
This will enable you to transform into CABAL for short periods of
time. CABAL can withstand attack better than BOONE and has
greater strength than his alter-ego.
3) Open the door to the BERSERKERs chamber,
4) Work your way up to the surface of Midian to free the Breed.
They then tell you that the MASK has your girlfriend, LORI.
5) Descend back down and engage in the ultimate battle with the
MASK. With victory achieved, you must get back to the surface of
Midian where you will be re-united with LORI.
Another of Oceans movie licenced games that made it to the main 8 and 16 bit home computers of the time. I previously played the Spectrum and C64 game and even if the gameplay is marmite, the games are well presented overall and don't come across as rush jobs. The Amiga version on the other hand ..
Now I have to get into the right mindset. its 1990 and maybe this is actually good for the time. It just seems lacking after playing the other versions. Instead of animated story sequences, we get some film stills with overlaid text. There are three levels with two and three needing to be revisited and makes for a very short game especially as this version moves at a brisk pace. There overall map does not seem as big in this version although there are still more screens than you need to actually visit.
The game can be challenging due to the way the enemies spawn and can appear quite random at times. You get three lives and plenty of energy that can be replenished at energy balls. But you can also take lots of hits with most damage being taken by annoying flames that appear randomly under you. There is a gun and ammo to find which can also be stolen from you from certain enemies. The Amiga game does seem quite buggy with enemies able to walk through walls to reach you if they spawn on the wrong side of the screen.
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