Orc Attack
 Commodore 64 version box cover | |
| Developer(s) | Creative Sparks |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Creative Sparks (UK) |
| Designer(s) | Dean Lock[1] |
| Programmer(s) | Phil Snell (Spectrum port) |
| Platform(s) |
Atari 8-bit (original) Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
| Release date(s) |
Atari 1983 C64/Spectrum 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Fixed shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Two-player |
Orc Attack is an action game originally released for the Atari 8-bit family in 1983. There were versions from both Thorn EMI and Creative Sparks. Orc Attack is notable for its high-level of violence, though the visuals are low-resolution.
The game was later ported to the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Gameplay
The player moves back and forth along the top of a castle wall, defending it from an orc horde by dropping rocks and pouring boiling oil. Attackers use ladders to scale the wall. Should one of them climb all the way to the ramparts, the player can kill it with a sword, but this diverts attention from the climbing orcs. An evil sorcerer also sends evil spirits against players.
Reception
Atari 8-bit magazine ANALOG Computing called Orc Attack "easily the most violent and gratuitously satisfying shoot-'em-up on the market today (although "drop-'em-down" might be a more accurate label)."[2]
ZX Spectrum magazine CRASH gave Orc Attack a 91% rating.[3]
References
- ↑ The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers
- ↑ Patrick J. Kelly (1984), "Three New Games", ANALOG Computing
- ↑ "Orc Attack". CRASH Magazine: The Online Edition.