Satan

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Satan is an action adventure game with platform elements split into two different parts. The first part is a linear adventure where you control a warrior and take him through the land of Lost Magic, looking for some lost papyrus rolls. Satan is quite similar to the Black Tiger game. There's plenty of action against monsters wielding axes, flying spooks and a whole host of demonic opponents that line the treacherous route. The second part can be described as a sort of martial arts (!) game with... lightning bolts! It's a combination that makes Satan such an addictive game! Although, Dinamic used to develop difficult games with cool graphics, Satan is really playable and also features great design.

GRAPHICS
The graphics are great on the Amiga and identical to the ST, using 16 colors on screen (it is obvious that the programmers didn't want to spend more time and make better screens using at least the default 32 colors the Amiga hardware can handle!). Nevertheless, the backdrops and the game's sprites look great, although the animation suffers a bit (a detail that's even worse on the ST).

SOUND
The game starts with a catchy sampled tune during the loading screen but it's a bit disappointing having only a few sound effects during gameplay (giving it just a half-star rating more due to the quality of its intro tune)!