Year:
1982
Graphics: Chris
Neary
Programmed: Richard
Leinfellner
Musician: Keith
Miller
Developed by: Palace
Virgin Gold
Published by: Palace
Software
Genre: Arcade
hat can be said
about this little gem? Made in 1982, written by Richard Leinfellner
and published by Palace Software (Palace Pictures holding the UK
rights for the movie at the time). Developed for the Commodore64
(C64) games console, it is a one player strategy (?) game set in
and around (and when I say around I mean literally: the porch, backyard
only!) .
Developed
at a time when home video gaming was fastly developing (this was
a home video game only) the game throws you into the middle of the
movie. You are Ash and you have to stop the evil-force by collecting
the pages of the Book of the Dead and destroying them before the
'evil' takes you. You can collect weapons such as shovels, shotguns
and axes: you even get pursued by dismembered body parts! My favourite
part is when the possessed Cheryl chases you around (shes green
and her littel legs scurry back and forth; 80s magic!)
Largely
dismissed upon release this release has a new life thanks to C64
PC emulators and the wonderful birth of the Internet.
