Software:Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie

From HandWiki
Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie
Clive Barker's Nightbreed The Interactive Movie Amiga Cover Art.jpg
Amiga cover art
Developer(s)Impact Software
Publisher(s)Ocean Software
Platform(s)Atari ST, DOS, Amiga
Release1990
Genre(s)Adventure

Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie is a 1990 arcade adventure video game developed by Impact Software and published by Ocean Software on Atari ST and DOS. It is based on Clive Barker's movie Nightbreed, which in turn is based on Barker's novella Cabal. It was originally supposed to be part of a trilogy, alongside Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game and an ultimately-unreleased RPG.

Plot and gameplay

The player takes the role of Aaron Boone, who must stop the Earth Police from destroying a utopian planet named Midian.

The game is split into many - mostly arcade-based - sequences, which replay scenes from the film in an interactive way.

Development

To promote the release of Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie, Ocean Software and Image Animation ran a contest in The One magazine, where a randomly selected winner who gave the correct answer to three trivia questions received an autographed set of books by Clive Barker, as well as the mask used for Doctor Decker in the film.[1]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Amiga Action78% (Amiga)[2]
Amiga Joker78% (Amiga)[3]
The One75% (Amiga)[4]
ST Format58% (Atari ST)[5]
Amiga User International50% (Amiga)[6]
Datormagazin3/10 (Amiga)[7]
Aktueller Software Markt3/12 (Amiga)[8]
3/12 (Atari ST)[8]
3/12 (DOS)[8]
Power Play19% (Amiga)[9]
19% (Atari ST)[9]
19% (DOS)[9]

Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie received mixed reviews from critics. The One deemed it one of the more competent arcade adventures available.[4] Amiga Action felt the game had a lot of wasted potential.[2] Amiga User International noted that Cinemaware added extra interactivity to their games after being criticized, and hoped Impact did the same.[6] Amiga Computing praised the game's range of graphics, but disliked its gameplay.[10] ST Format noted the title's unique approach to the licence.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Win! The Mask's Mask!". The One (Emap Images) (25): 46. October 1990. ISSN 0955-4084. https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-25/page/n45/mode/2up. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Merrett, Steve; Johns, Doug; Simmons, Alex (October 1990). "The Interactive Movie". Amiga Action (Europress Interactive) (13): 92–93. ISSN 0957-4050. http://amr.abime.net/review_49315. 
  3. ↑ Magenauer, Max (November 1990). "Nightbreed" (in German). Amiga Joker (Joker Verlag): 32–33. ISSN 0933-8713. https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Joker_1990-11_Joker_Verlag_DE/page/n31/mode/2up. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Whitta, Gary (October 1990). "Nightbreed". The One (Emap Images) (25): 43–45. ISSN 0955-4084. https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-25/page/n41/mode/2up. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hutchinson, Andrew (November 1990). "Nightbreed The Interactive Movie". ST Format (Future plc) (16): 70. ISSN 0957-4859. http://www.stformat.com/stf16/pages_nx1500/stf16_070.jpg. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Horgan, Tony (December 1990). "Entertainment - Nightbreed - Ocean". Amiga User International (Maxwell Specialist Magazines) 4 (11): 70–71. ISSN 0955-1077. http://amr.abime.net/review_7397. 
  7. ↑ Friskytt, Magnus (November 1990). "Usch, vad tråkigt!" (in Swedish). Datormagazin (Bröderna Lindströms förlag): 90. ISSN 0283-3379. https://archive.org/details/Datormagazin1990/Datormagazin_1990_nr18/page/n89/mode/2up. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Zimmermann, Bernd (December 1990). "Wenn es Nacht wird, kommt der Zombie". Aktueller Software Markt (Tronic Verlag): 56. ISSN 0933-1867. https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1990.12/page/n57/mode/2up. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Lenhardt, Heinrich (January 1991). "Diese Brut Tut Keinem Gut" (in German). Power Play (Markt&Technik). ISSN 0937-9754. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=367. 
  10. ↑ "Nightbreed - The Interactive Movie". Amiga Computing (Interactive Publishing) (31): 59. December 1990. ISSN 0959-9630. https://archive.org/details/amiga-computing-magazine-031/page/n57/mode/2up. 

External links



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Software:Clive_Barker%27s_Nightbreed:_The_Interactive_Movie&oldid=2345230"