Prohibition

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Description

Prohibition is a shoot'em up taking place in New York in 1930. The town is overrun by gangsters and you're hired by the police to rid the town of them.

The gameplay is simple: you're facing a row of buildings, a gangster pops up and you have to shoot him before the on-screen timer goes empty and he shoots you first. You can hide until the timer restarts but this is limited too. At the end of each stage is a bonus round where you have to shoot gangsters in a room, with no more ability to hide and a faster timer. As you progress through each stage, the game will become faster, and enemies will become harder to find and to hit. Of course, your goal is to reach the end of the game with the highest possible score.

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Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Games with boss key
• Setting: Interwar
• Theme: Law enforcement

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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Jun, 1987	10 out of 10	100
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	Jul, 1987	10 out of 12	83
Tilt	Amstrad CPC	May, 1987	16 out of 20	80
Génération 4	Atari ST	1987	80 out of 100	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amstrad CPC	Jul, 1987	8.5 out of 12	71
Tilt	Commodore 64	Feb, 1988	13 out of 20	65
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Sep, 1987	4 out of 10	40
Happy Computer	Atari ST	Apr, 1987	36 out of 100	36

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Trivia

German banning

On August 19, 1987, Prohibition was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

Differences between Amstrad CPC versions

There were two versions of the game released for Amstrad CPC. 6128 version featured a larger screen display making it easier to target enemies. In contrast to the 64 kB version, this one also introduced a between-stages bonus section in which the player was placed inside the crime lord's den, and could shoot him dead.