Initial release date 1983 Designers Phil Snell, Dean Lock | Genre Shoot 'em up | |
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Programmer(s) Phil Snell (Spectrum port) Mode(s) Single-player, Two-player Platforms Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit family Developers Thorn EMI Computer Software, Phil Snell, Dean Lock Publishers Thorn EMI Computer Software, Top Ten Software, Compulogical, SA, Thorn EMI Video Ltd., Sparklers Similar Thorn EMI Computer Software games, Other games | ||
Orc attack tower defense game
Orc Attack is an action game originally released for the Atari 8-bit family in 1983. There were versions from both Thorn EMI and Creative Sparks. Orc Attack is notable for its high-level of violence, though the visuals are low-resolution.
Contents
The game was later ported to the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
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Gameplay
The player moves back and forth along the top of a castle wall, defending it from an orc horde by dropping rocks and pouring boiling oil. Attackers use ladders to scale the wall. Should one of them climb all the way to the ramparts, the player can kill it with a sword, but this diverts attention from the climbing orcs. An evil sorcerer also sends evil spirits against players.
Reception
Atari 8-bit magazine ANALOG Computing called Orc Attack "easily the most violent and gratuitously satisfying shoot-'em-up on the market today (although "drop-'em-down" might be a more accurate label)."
ZX Spectrum magazine CRASH gave Orc Attack a 91% rating.