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Description
Saboteur combines platform, beat 'em up and stealth elements, setting you as a lone samurai trying to infiltrate an enemy complex. You are capable of all manner of ninja-style moves including kicks and punches, as well as using weaponry. You must travel through an underground complex linked mainly by platforms and ladders, before triggering a bomb and escaping the complex. Your energy recharges if you stay still, so finding areas free of guards (kill these for money) and dogs (avoid them; killing them gains you nothing) is useful, especially as you only have one life. There's plenty of object manipulation involved, although only one item can ever be carried at a time.Screenshots
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Alternate Titles
- "Saboteur!" -- Encore Commodore 64 re-release title
- "Ninja Darkness" -- Working title
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User Reviews
| An interesting adventure with various levels of difficulty | Amstrad CPC | Marios Amontaristos (14) |
Critic Reviews
| ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) | ZX Spectrum | Apr, 1986 | 9.5 out of 10 | 95 |
| Crash! | ZX Spectrum | Jan, 1986 | 93 out of 100 | 93 |
| Computer and Video Games (CVG) | ZX Spectrum | Jan, 1986 | 37 out of 40 | 92 |
| Commodore Format | Commodore 64 | Mar, 1994 | 90 out of 100 | 90 |
| Eurogamer.net (UK) | ZX Spectrum | Oct 18, 2007 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
| Your Sinclair | ZX Spectrum | Oct, 1988 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
| Zzap! | Commodore 64 | Aug, 1986 | 75 out of 100 | 75 |
| Commodore User | Commodore 64 | Jul, 1986 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
| Computer and Video Games (CVG) | Amstrad CPC | Jun, 1986 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
| ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) | Commodore 16, Plus/4 | Sep, 1987 | Unscored | Unscored |
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Sales
According to the magazine Retro Gamer, the game sold about 100.000 copies.Related Web Sites
- Cambridge Centre for Computing History (Encore/Elite re-release) (For Amstrad CPC464: exhibit reference ID CH19969; additional material.)
- Cambridge Centre for Computing History (Encore re-release) (For Commodore 64: exhibit reference ID CH35602; additional material.)
- Commodore Plus/4 World (For Commodore 16, Plus/4: downloadable releases; online emulation of game; software sets; additional material.)
- CPC-Power (in French) (For Amstrad CPC: game database entry; package material; manual digitalizations; goodies; advertisement; magazine reviews; downloadable releases; additional material.)
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- IMDb, the Internet Movie Database (For combined platforms: game database entry.)
- Kio's home (For ZX Spectrum: additional material including – photographed cassete inlay; snapshots; downloadable releases.)
- Lemon 64 (For C64: game entry database; magazine reviews; music; cover art digitalizations; additional material.)
- Program Bytes 48K: 100 juegos representativos del ZX Spectrum en 10 minutos (Article in Spanish for the ZX Spectrum.)
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Encyclopaedic entry for combined platforms.)
- World of Spectrum (for ZX Spectrum: downloadable releases; additional material including – cassete inlay, advertisement, instructions; remakes links; player reviews; magazine references; magazine adverts.)
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