Predator (video game)

Predator
Predator
Developer(s)	Software Studios ; System 3 ; Pack-In-Video (NES) ; Klon (MSX) ; Source ; GlenHills Graphics
Publisher(s)	Activision ; Superior Software ; The Hit Squad ; Pack-In-Video
Platform(s)	Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, NES, MSX, ZX Spectrum
Release	1987, 1988, 1988
Genre(s)	Action game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Predator is a 1987 side-scrolling action game based on the film of the same title.

Gameplay

The player starts off with no weapons and must collect them as the game progresses.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Predator received mixed but largely positive reviews across all the platforms, including the accolades of CU Screen Star from Commodore User for the Commodore 64 version and C+VG Hit! from Computer + Video Games for the ZX Spectrum version.^[1]^[2] Rachael Smith of Your Sinclair gave the latter version of the game a score of 7/10, opining it has "great graphics, but too tough to get to grips with when sudden death sneaks up at every opportunity."^[3] In Germany, Predator was put on the "Index" by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien (BPjM),^[4] which made it illegal to sell or make the game available to minors in Germany, as well as making it illegal to advertise the game in any form.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Predator review from Commodore User (Feb 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack". Amr.abime.net. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ "Predator review from Computer + Video Games 78 (Apr 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack". Amr.abime.net. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ "Predator". Ysrnry.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
^ "InterCafe - Software for your Internet Cafe / Games on the Indexlist / Index List / Illegal Games". Cybercafe-software.com. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

External links

Predator (Computer) at MobyGames
Predator (NES/MSX) at MobyGames
Predator at SpectrumComputing.co.uk*
Predator at Lemon Amiga
Predator at HOL Amiga database

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[1] "Predator review from Commodore User (Feb 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack". Amr.abime.net. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[2] "Predator review from Computer + Video Games 78 (Apr 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack". Amr.abime.net. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[3] "Predator". Ysrnry.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[4] "InterCafe - Software for your Internet Cafe / Games on the Indexlist / Index List / Illegal Games". Cybercafe-software.com. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2015-08-18.

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