Savage

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Description

Savage contains three different parts, each with its own style. You can play all three, but to get more than one life on levels 2 or 3, you must first input the code earned on completing the previous level.

You play Savage, a muscular warrior who was imprisoned in a castle. When he broke free, he found out that his imprisonment had been a trick with the sole purpose of imprisoning his love, the maiden. You have to progress through the 3 parts of the game to rescue her.

The first is a simple horizontal-scrolling shooter, in which you use the trajectory of your shots to kill enemies and collect the treasures and improved weapons they drop when killed. The second is a 1st person perspective 3D shooter resembling Space Harrier, with skulls to shoot and monoliths to avoid. In the third you play Savage's Eagle form, flying through platform-style levels avoiding timing-based hazards and shooting anyone who gets in your way. In this section bubbles can be shot to release power-ups.

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Alternate Titles

• "Project 5" -- Working title

Part of the Following Group

• Protagonist: Barbarian

User Reviews

A susprising little gem with varied gameplay for action fans.	DOS	Trixter (9115)
A wonderful classic you just can't miss.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4634)

Critic Reviews

Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	87 out of 100	87
Commodore User	Amiga	Aug, 1989	79 out of 100	79
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Jan, 1989	74 out of 100	74
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Jan, 1989	704 out of 1000	70
Power Play	Amstrad CPC	Dec, 1988	67 out of 100	67
Joystick (German)	Commodore 64	Mar, 1989	6 out of 10	60
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Aug, 1989	58 out of 100	58
Amiga User International	Amiga	Aug, 1989	5 out of 10	50
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review	Commodore 64	Nov, 1989	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

EGA version

Apparently a very rare EGA version of the game also exists. Most of the graphics are 320x200, but the 1st-person perspective gameplay of level 2 uses 640x200 to get extra detail in the approaching columns while they are still far away.

Awards

• ST Format
  • January 1990 (Issue #06) - Included in the list 50 Games of the Year. Category "Real Dogs"

Related Web Sites

• A review of the Sinclair version of Savage (A very good description and review of the game.)