Amiga CD32

Banshee

Banshee looks superb, the graphics are incredibly detailed and include some gory touches such as bloodied soldiers running in panic from destroyed tanks, it sounds great and plays great, Let's face it, Banshee is blummin' great!

A shoot-em-up that wears its special pants with pride, and comes with two extra levels in this CD32 incarnation. Peculiarly, the hilariously gruesome civilian death animations have been cut, because apparently only men with guns get killed in wars. Right, kids?

Banshee is simply about blowing things away over four massive levels and tackling the odd horrible boss. The graphics are as pretty as a picture – there are some very sweet rotating ray-traced enemies – but you are so busy shooting folk you do not get a great deal of time to admire the surroundings, although the excellent two-player mode offers a little more respite. Banshee is one of the loveliest and most playable shoot-em-ups around.

This is a terrific title loaded with atmosphere, packed full of objectives to complete and millions of baddies to kill. Sound effects add realism and all the bombing going off left, right and centre makes for a real feast of pure shoot-'em-up heaven.

Alla som har haft C64 minns säkert det gamla kultspelet 1942 där man flög med ett flygplan och skulle skjuta ner andra plan. Detta är ett liknande spel men med förbättrat ljud och grafik samt fler banor.