Night Hunter

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Night Hunter exploits the adventure of Dracula hunted by Von Helsing, a gallant vampire killer. The game has ten (10) levels of in which you must collect five keys and three parchments to further proceed. Dracula finds himself trapped inside a castle, fighting other creatures of the night, including... humans! You need to always feed by biting humans and drinking their blood to replenish your blood supply, otherwise you'll be left for dead! The game's objective is split into different levels each one including 20 panels. To go from one level to another, Dracula must collect 8 objects and find a magic door (a blue or red one). The 8 objects are 1 scroll, 1 red bottle, 1 cross and 5 keys. Each key enables you to open a door that leads you to other screens of the level. By the time Dracula passes through 5 levels (reaching a town), he has to collect these 8 objects and find the medallion to go to the next level. The enemies vary from armed humans (with arrows, axes, wooden stakes, crosses), rats, to even walking skeletons, flying witches and... priests sprinkling holy water! You will also encounter policemen shooting silver bullets! As the mighty Prince of Darkness, you have the ability to transform into a werewolf and a bat! The werewolf allows you to jump over traps on the floor and on platforms while the vampire bat allows you to fly over water and quickly reach higher areas of the level.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The graphics on the Amiga are beautiful, with good looking and funny sprites and flawless animation. There are several details on each level varying from indoor castle graphics to outdoor landscapes, city blocks and so on. Technically, the Amiga version has a few more colors on-screen compared to the ST counterpart, but still, the two 16bit versions look equally good. The sound is limited to sound effects only with no in-game music, but they are all sampled and really add to its spooky atmosphere. As the game loads, a sampled horror loop opens the game. The Amiga version is a 1990 ST port and it does not use the Amiga's extra capabilities (apart from the extra colors on-screen) but it still remains one good action game for the Amiga OCS' library.