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 Heimdall cover, Amiga version |
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| Developer(s) | The Eighth Day |
| Publisher(s) | Core Design |
| Platform(s) | Acorn, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Mega-CD |
| Release date | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Heimdall is an action-adventure computer game developed by a team called The Eighth Day and published by Core Design for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST in early 1992. Core Design is a Video game developer best known for creating the popular Tomb Raider series DOS, short for "Disk Operating System" is a shorthand term for several closely related Operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market The Amiga is a family of Personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. The Atari ST is a home / Personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) There was also a sequel, Heimdall 2. Heimdall 2 (also known as Heimdall 2 into the Hall of Worlds) is an isometric action-adventure video game developed by A version of the game was also released for the Sega Mega-CD. The is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive that was released in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan.
The Amiga version requires 1 megabyte of memory.
Reviewer Gary Whitta gave the Amiga version a score of 895 (out of a possible 1000), praising its mix of gameplay styles, cartoon-like graphics and longevity. Gary "Gaz" Whitta (born July 21 1972) is an English Screenwriter, Author, game designer and video games journalist However, many players criticised the small inventory of characters (holding up to 6 items) which led to countless hours of rearranging.
Story
The game is set in the world of Vikings and Norse mythology. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Norse mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and Legends of the Scandinavian peoples including those who settled on Iceland The evil Loki steals Odin's sword, Freyr's spear and Thor's hammer, rendering them powerless. In Cryptography, LOKI89 and LOKI91 are Block ciphers designed as possible replacements for the Data Encryption Standard (DES Odin (ˈoʊdɪn from Old Norse Óðinn) is considered the chief god in Norse paganism. "Frey" redirects here For other uses of Frey and Freyr, see Frey (disambiguation. Thor ( Old Norse: Þórr) is the red-haired and bearded God of Thunder in Germanic paganism and its subset Norse paganism They decide to create an infant, the title character (named after the god of light), who must bring back the three legendary weapons. Heimdall ( Old Norse Heimdallr, the prefix Heim- means home, the affix -dallr is of uncertain origin is one of the Æsir
At the beginning of the game, the now adult Heimdall undergoes three arcade-style trials: axe-tossing (cutting a maid's braids), boar hunting and fighting. How well he does influences which crew members he can pick for the actual game. The characters belong to the 'classes' of Warrior, Wizard, Shipwright, Navigator, Druid, Blacksmith and Berzerker. Berserkers (or Berserks) were Norse Warriors who wore coats of wolf or bear skin and who were commonly understood to have fought in an uncontrollable
The game sees Heimdall and his crew (total of 6 characters) travelling around an archipelago of islands in three different maps: Utgard, Midgard and Asgard. In Norse Mythology, Útgarðar (literal meaning "Outyards" plural of Útgarðr; the word can be anglicized to Utgard, Utgardar Midgard (an Anglicized form of Old Norse Miðgarðr) is an old Germanic name for our World, the places inhabited by humans, This article is about the realm of Norse Mythology For other uses of the names Asgard, Asgaard and Asgård, see Asgard (disambiguation On each island, only three characters can walk, while the rest remain on the ship. They travel engaging monsters in combat, interacting with the locals, solving puzzles and avoiding traps, a blend of styles somewhat similar to that found in the Legend of Zelda games. is a Video game designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published by Nintendo. The cartoon-style action is viewed in the isometric perspective. Isometric projection is a form of Graphical projection —more specifically an Axonometric projection.
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References
- Whitta, Gary (December 1991). MobyGames is a Website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present Heimdall. ACE (UK magazine published by EMAP), p. ACE ( A dvanced C omputer E ntertainment was a multi-format Computer and video game magazine first published in the United EMAP is a British media company specializing in the production of B2b magazines and the organization of business events and conferences 50–55.