Software:Ghost Battle
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| Developer(s) | Interactive Design[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Thalion Software[1] |
| Programmer(s) | Erwin Kloibhofer[1][2] |
| Artist(s) | Henk Nieborg[1][2] |
| Composer(s) | Jochen Hippel[1][3] |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST |
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| Genre(s) | Action, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ghost Battle is a 1991 action-platform video game developed by Interactive Design and published by Thalion Software for the Amiga and ported later to the Atari ST.[4] After finishing Ghost Battle as freelancers, Austrian programmer Erwin Kloibhofer and Dutch graphic designer Henk Nieborg got an in-house job at Thalion. They went on to design another side-scrolling platform game, Lionheart (1993). It received a higher critical reception. Nieborg cited influences for Ghost Battle as Ghosts 'n Goblins, Green Beret, and various horror films.[5]
Gameplay
The game is a side-scrolling platformer that consists of five levels.[6] Three difficulty levels can be chosen at the beginning: easy, normal, hard. The player is a barbarian that has wandered into an evil forest and witnesses a princess being captured.[7] The barbarian can throw rocks and bombs at the enemies.[8] Additional weapons are available that are guarded by monsters.[6]
Reception
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Ghost Battle received generally average reviews from critics. Amiga Action recommended the game overall but didn't like the slow movement of the main character and the badly translated manual.[6] Amiga Format concluded: "It is not the best platform romp ever designed, but the evil puzzles, good pics and excitable soundtracks are far better than the box lets on."[3] Games-X compared the game to Horror Zombies from the Crypt (1990). Graphics and sound were praised, the gameplay was said to be uninteresting at first but getting better over time.[8] The One found the music to be the game's best feature. Graphics were described as nothing special, gameplay as "largely uninspired", and controls as "very finicky".[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Interactive Design (1991). Ghost Battle. Amiga. Thalion Software. Level/area: Title screen. "By Erwin Kloibhofer and Henk Nieborg, music by Jochen Hippel, produced by Interactive Design, (C) 1991 by Thalion"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Games Reviews - Ghost Battle [Atari ST"]. Games-X (Europress) (16): 23. 8 August 1991. https://retrocdn.net/images/6/65/GamesX_UK_16.pdf#page=23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Webb, Trenton (August 1991). "Screenplay - Ghost Battle". Amiga Format (Future plc) (25): 82-83. https://amr.abime.net/review_2185.
- ↑ Interactive Design (1991). Ghost Battle. Atari ST. Thalion Software. Level/area: Title screen. "Converted to Atari by Michael Bittner"
- ↑ "RVG Interviews: Henk Nieborg". at RVG. 7 June 2018. https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/rvg-interviews-henk-nieborg/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Reviews - Ghost Battle". Amiga Action (Europress) (23): 90. August 1991. https://archive.org/details/amigaaction23/page/n91/mode/2up.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fuchser, Dirk (July 1991). "Barbarisch" (in German). Aktueller Software Markt (Tronic-Verlag) 6 (7/91): 60. https://retrocdn.net/images/a/ac/ASM_DE_1991-07.pdf#page=60. "Preis/Leistung: 4/12".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sharp, Brian (24 May 1991). "Games Reviews - Ghost Battle [Amiga"]. Games-X (Europress) (5): 18. https://retrocdn.net/images/c/c4/GamesX_UK_05.pdf#page=18.
- ↑ Fuchser, Dirk (January 1992). "Konvertierungen - Ghost Battle" (in German). Aktueller Software Markt (Tronic-Verlag) 7 (1/92): 112. https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b1/ASM_DE_1992-01.pdf#page=112. "Gesamtnote: 5/12".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Presley, Paul (July 1991). "Review - Ghost Battle". The One (EMAP) (34): 64. https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-34/page/n63/mode/2up.
External links
- Ghost Battle at MobyGames
- Ghost Battle at the Hall of Light
- Ghost Battle at Atarimania
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