Assassin

STORY / GAMEPLAY
You play the role of a professional assassin, armed with a razor-edged boomerang as your main weapon. You are assigned to to kill a person called "Midan", but first you need to go through 5 levels facing multiple enemies that range from vicious dogs to wall mounted laser cannons, until you disable Midan's main power source. You have the ability to climb walls and walk on ceilings in order to move around and avoid enemies. I'd personally prefer some more weapon variety rather than this Sci-Fi like boomerang! I must warn you that the gameplay becomes boring sometimes but playing this game I was almost always curious to see what's waiting on the next level. Assassin is a great arcade action game that kept me spending a few hours of fun.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The graphics are great although they look a bit "empty" at the backdrops. The level details are, up to a point, adequate but, considering the Amiga's visual capabilities I would expect more here, despite the 50 FPS scrolling and animation (which is something standard for the Amiga games). The sprites are nicely drawn and they move with fast and smooth animation. The end level bosses are awesome, offering some of the best figures you'll possibly see in this genre of games! Now, regarding sound, the game features a great intro and main menu music, but lacks an in-game tune. Instead, the actrion is covered by a variety of high quality sampled sound effects that add to the game atmosphere a lot! Don't miss this one!