Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Shadow Warriors for C64 by Ocean, Played from tape
Some games are just not worth the loading time. This is definitely one of them. At least it uses the tape counter and doesn't make you completely reload the game, though it does make you reload if you die on level one...
It's an ocean game from 1990 that doesn't even have the ocean loader. What even is the point?
The worst part is, it gets some things right - it doens't commit the golden axe sin of being so pretty it can only have one enemy on the screen, it _could_ be a playable and fun game _if_ they bothered to actually tune it, but instead it's unplayable dreck. I'm sure there was a contact that ended up with this being written in a week, because there is actual technical competence on display, just a complete and total lack of care for the actual game. I'm pretty sure that wasn't on purpose...
Shadow Warriors for C64 by Ocean, Played from tape
Some games are just not worth the loading time. This is definitely one of them. At least it uses the tape counter and doesn't make you completely reload the game, though it does make you reload if you die on level one...
It's an ocean game from 1990 that doesn't even have the ocean loader. What even is the point?
The worst part is, it gets some things right - it doens't commit the golden axe sin of being so pretty it can only have one enemy on the screen, it _could_ be a playable and fun game _if_ they bothered to actually tune it, but instead it's unplayable dreck. I'm sure there was a contact that ended up with this being written in a week, because there is actual technical competence on display, just a complete and total lack of care for the actual game. I'm pretty sure that wasn't on purpose...
