Domain of the Undead

Domain of the Undead Genre: Action Platforms: Atari 8-bit Release Date: 1986 Developer: Steven Macilwee Publisher: Red Rat Software Made in: United Kingdom

Domain of the Undead was a 1986 game developed by Steven Macilwee (who would later develop Night Walk) and published by Red Rat Software for the Atari 8-bit series of computers.

Why it Sucks

1. The skeleton enemies flicker constantly for some weird reason.
2. The game plays like a poorman's version of Ghosts N' Goblins.
3. You can't jump to avoid the enemies at all.
4. You can only fire one bullet at a time.
5. Bullets can't pass through tall gravestones that appear in the background.
6. The crucifixes respresent your health bar, and the character gives off no indication that he's been hit.
7. While you can duck, it's not particularly useful, as the character's sprite only shrinks slightly.
8. You only have one life and no continues.
9. Very little enemy variety.
10. Very similar to Night Walk, the game ends after the fourth level with the game abruptly cutting to the game over screen.

The Only Redeeming Quality

1. Very good music.

Trivia

• This game is featured on the cover of Stuart Ashen's book Attack of the Flickering Skeletons: More Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of. The flickering skeletons from the game were the main inspiration for the book's title.

Comments

Sort by date Sort by score

Enable comment auto-refresher

You are not allowed to post comments.