Trying to identify an old Amiga game

[arkpandora]

Can you help me find the name of the following Amiga game I played in the 80's ?  I can't remember the exact year but it was before 1990.  If I remember well, the game takes place in some nuclear war scenery : at some point in the game you are presented with a map of operations showing the northern hemisphere.  It's an action game at least in the first level : in a first-person view, you are running in a corridor, having to avoid or shoot pedestrian enemies coming from side ways.  At the end of this level or maybe another, you meet a woman for some kind of love scene.

Does it ring any bell ?

Thank you for any remembrance.

[A1200GR]

nuclear war

[arkpandora]

Thanks for your hint.

No, unfortunately it's not Nuclear War.  The north hemisphere view however is similar, but the style is darker.

It's not impossible that I am mixing two games.  In that case, only the level 1 description I gave belongs to the game I'm looking for, not the hemisphere view or nuclear war scenery, which might as well come from other games I was playing at the time, such as Raid Over Moscow on the C64.

[foleyjo]

mayday squad heroess or narco police?

[ddniUK]

A really old suggestion would be Balance of Power.

Check out http://hol.abime.net/17

[arkpandora]

Thanks again.

Narco Police is too recent.

Balance of Power is a strategy game in 640x200 while the game I'm looking for is an arcade game in 320x200.

I don't recall having played Mayday Squad so a priori it may be it, but the look is very different and probably the scenery : the game I'm looking for had rather futuristic scenery and backgrounds.

[foleyjo]

beast Busters? Space Gun? Punisher? Zombie?

give another clue

[Varthall]

Hostages? or its sequel Alcatraz?

Varthall

[Phantom]

Do you mean Mata Hari? :-D

[arkpandora]

I played this game before 1990, so it can't be Beast Busters, Space Gun, Punisher or Alcatraz, all released in the 90's.  It's not Zombi either, which is a game I know well.  I don't remember Hostages, but according to the screenshots is has a different look and scenery as well, so I'm pretty sure it's not Hostages either.

Phantom wrote:
Do you mean Mata Hari? :-D

Well, not exactly : she was not my type.


Trying to be more precise about that level, I seem to remember that you weren't able to control your speed : you were just moving forward in the way of "Operation Thunderbolt" (which it was not).  The corridor had a metal look, was well lit up, and was suggesting the interior of a space ship or base.  The love scene at the end had a light and shade look, which maybe could remind the love meeting in "Defender of the Crown".

[arnljot]

Can you remember anything from the intro? Logos, music?

Controls, mouse, keyboard or joystick? One or two players? If so, turns, shared screen or splitscreen?

[arkpandora]

Well, no, I cannot say much more, unfortunately.  Whether it was a one or two player game, in any case it was one player at a time : the action took the full screen.

It could be like in Lotus II - full screen in one player mode and splitscreen in two players mode : I can't tell.  However the concept and design of the love scene makes me think of a one player only game.

[arnljot]

Try browsing screen grabs on sites like:
http://www.classicamiga.com
http://hol.abime.net/
http://www.lemonamiga.com/

Maybe you'll see something on these sites then that'll spark the old gray?

[giturox]

Could it be Burntime ?

[arkpandora]

giturox wrote:
Could it be Burntime ?

No it couldn't be, as Burntime dates from 1993.


@arnljot

I browsed these sites from time to time, without success until now, hence this thread.  I have just browsed all the Hall of Light games that have screenshots and are older than 1990 : the game I'm looking for is not among them.

I played this game at a cousin's home, who has since thrown his Amiga and games to the bin (no I don't forgive him).  He remembers the game (and could confirm my memory) but not the name.