Onslaught

STORY / GAMEPLAY
In the Land of Gangore, a place of six separate kingdoms, you're a warrior with the strength of a whole army and an insatiable will for glory. The land is too hostile though and every kingdom is under different command, each with its own army trying to defeat and take over the surroundings. You start your quest by selecting one of the neighboring kingdoms to battle with. Each kingdom is ruled by a different individual that bears his own special statistics. Your opponents also have a Wizard Lord rating to let you know how hard it will be to defeat each ruler in mind duels! Minions range from robbers to undead, attacking in hordes! You must reach (alive that is) the very left end of each stage where your enemy's banner is held. During your battles, Magical relics, weapons and scrolls can be collected from fallen enemies and apart from the evil armies there are also other hazards scattered around, like mines. As said, a mind duel will also have to be fought twice during the game. Fortunately the game offers a save game feature otherwise this would be an almost impossible game to play! The gameplay does not differ from other action platform games of its time and the playing area is extremely clattered, making it difficult to see exactly what's going on around you. But still, the game worth a try, especially for people that love action platform games.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The game's graphics are of high standards, with well defined sprites and colorful backdrops using up to 40 colors on screen (as the ST version!) In fact the backdrops are too colorful and the playing area is too much occupied, factors that make gameplay frustrating! There are some fairly big explosion effects as well while the sprites are nicely drawn and move fast. In general, both Amiga and ST versions look almost identical so the Amiga is probably an Atari ST port! Sound-wise, the game sports a well composed introductory tune plus some great and atmospheric in-game tunes but no sound effects(!) Of note is that the ST version has both sound effects and music(!)

GAMEPLAY SAMPLE VIDEO
On our video below you may watch the Atari ST, Amiga OCS and Sega Mega Drive versions of the game.
The Amiga version is at 05:35.