The A-Z of Atari ST Games, Volume 2 by Kieren Hawken

Author:Kieren Hawken
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Video Games, Retro Gaming, Atari, Home Computer, Vintage Gaming, Classic Gaming, Computing, 16-bit, Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Atari TT, Atari STe, Mega ST
ISBN: 9781785389115
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00

Manhattan Dealers

Silmarils - 1988

Manhattan Dealers is a very interesting beat ‘em up from French programmers Silmarils, who are probably best known for games like Ishar and Robinson’s Requiem. It certainly seems to owe a lot to Taito’s classic arcade game Renegade but also features many original elements of its own that make it stand out from the crowd. In the game you play the part of a cop who is trying to clean up the streets of the famous island of the coast of New York. The murky back alleys are infested with drug dealers and it’s your job to duff them up, take the drugs and then take them back to the station. These dealers are hardcore thugs however, who are armed with knives, metal chains and even noisy chainsaws! At the bottom of the screen it tells you how much drugs you have recovered and how much is still out there on the streets, you need this number to be zero to finish the game. One of the key aspects of Manhattan Dealers is the way you perform your attacks, as it’s dependent on the direction that your character is facing in. Unlike many other games of this type you have to tell him to change sides, rather than him automatically swapping over when enemies approach. Because of this you have both forward and reverse attacks, the latter being more effective. You can also pick up the weapons of the druggies that you beat up, which is very useful indeed. The graphics here are very nice with special attention paid to the environment around you. I’m not sure that the jolly music really suits the game though, as nice as it is. Controls are hard to master but once you do there’s a lot of fun to be had.

7/10

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