The Killing Game Show

STORY / GAMEPLAY
In The Killing Game Show, the story takes place somewhere in the future where you control an armed robot and you must either evade or shoot enemies that swarm the platforms you have to climb. You actually are a criminal participating in a deadly TV show to survive and set free upon success. Your goal is to make your way upwards, to the level's exit within a specific time limit. When this limit ends, toxic liquid will begin to rise from below and will eventually destroy you. Also, the enemy hordes keep re-spawning which will make your survival much harder. In each level you have the ability to check the map by pressing the relevant key and in addition you can use special gadgets or items -like shaped keys to open certain gates- to unlock different sections in each level. Overall, the game is really tough and if you lose a life you will be forced to play the level from the very start. There is also a replay function where you can fast-forward gameplay. Note that this feature was unique back in the early 90s and pretty useful for such a tough game.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Killing Game Show is beautiful in every aspect. It starts with a very impressive intro sequence with pre-rendered graphics and stereo sound that shows the robot hero lock, load and shoot at an incoming alien spaceship, until it's smashed into pieces. In-game, the Amiga version has cool looking visuals with plenty of colors and smooth animation and scrolling. These great graphics are matched with absolutely stunning sound effects, an amazing sampled speech and a breathtaking, intense, hard rock music score. Unfortunately, you can either select sound effects or music at the main menu which is quite strange for the Amiga's prowess.

GAMEPLAY VIDEO
In our video below you may watch the Atari ST, Amiga and Sega Mega Drive versions.