Backlash

created and published by Novagen in 1988, running on Amiga OCS

type: shooter
genre: Science Fiction
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player

languages: eng

3.9/5

Lemon Amiga

Description

Game-play consists of arcade style fast and frantic reflex action from the first-person perspective, much akin to Atari's coin-op Battlezone and programmer Paul Woaks' earlier and very similar 8-bit game Encounter. The game takes place on a seemingly endless flat landscape, littered with obstacles in the form of some pseudo 3D spikes protruding from the ground. Armadas of hostile UFOs shoot fire balls at you from every direction. Your aiming reticle is in the centre of the display, and is surrounded by circular radar, which is formed by a series of small white dots, within this are numerous red dots which represent the UFO enemies. You are dealt an initial five lives, and you score points for each UFO destroyed. The game features environmental effects, such as day time turning to night, and vice versa.

Ritchardo # 2024-02-09 02:57:56

Technical specs

display: _ (mixed), raster, flat polygons

Authors / Staff

coding

Peter Pachla (program)

graphics

Mo Warden (graphics)

audio

Simon Berry (music)

n.a.

Paul Woakes

Tags (3)

video game

External reviews (7) - average: 77.9% - median: 79%

review source		issue	date	score
Amiga User International (AUI) (01-02)	uk	2	1988-02	n.a.		view
Commodore User (33-61)	uk	53	1988-02	8/10	80%	view
Génération 4 (001-082)	fr	3	1988-03	84/100	84%	view
Power Play	de	3	1988-02	70/100	70%	view
The Games Machine Italy	it	25	1990-11	79/100	79%	view
Tilt 39-113	fr	52	1988-03	14/20	70%	view
Your Commodore 14-59	uk	44	1988-05	7/10	70%	view
Zzap!	uk	32	1987-12	92/100	92%	view