Dogs Of War

STORY / GAMEPLAY
You are a mercenary whose only purpose is to make money so you sign contracts with various organizations and individuals around the world to save captives, kill targets or even destroy multiple military forces. Your soldier is a redneck veteran (much like Rambo) and has all the potential to fight through various terrains (forests, lakes and more) against dozens of armed enemies, tanks and cannons. You have a wide collection of weapons to choose from simple pistols to even anti-tank rocket launchers. In this game nothing's for free. That's why you need to collect monetary rewards by completing your missions and buy your new "toys" and ammunition. It's obvious that Elite made this game having in mind their all time classic Commando game. You can enjoy this game either alone or with the aid of a friend in 2-players mode!

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Amiga and ST versions are visually identical with the Amiga having slightly more colors only at the static (main menu and loading) screens whilst the gameplay area is slightly larger in pixels (320x256). The gameplay screens have up to 16 colors and although I expected more colors on the Amiga version (at least 32), still its graphics look great. The action is fast without bothering the Amiga custom chips. The sprites and background scrolling move smoothly without glitches. The game's sound effects are all sampled from actual guns, giving an extra feeling of "combat" to the game. Note that each gun has its own sound effects. Apart from gunfire, there are additional effects like soldier screams, explosions and more, while the in-game music (same used in the intro) is very intense, composed by the famous David Whittaker and performed in stereo on the Amiga.

GAMEPLAY SAMPLE VIDEO
On our video below you may watch both the Atari ST and Amiga OCS versions of the game.