Ludography
Butcher Hill cover

1989 · Gremlin Interactive · Action · Arcade

Butcher Hill

Go on a one man army mission to rescue some POWs.

Released
1989
Platforms
AmigaAmstrad CPCAtari STAtari ST/STECommodore C64/128/MAXZX Spectrum
Genres
ActionArcadeRacingShooter
Developers
Gremlin Interactive
Publishers
Gremlin Interactive
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First personThird person
Themes
ActionWarfare
Country
United Kingdom

About

Butcher Hill is an action game developed by Imagitec Design and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1989. In this game, the player controls a team of five soldiers who have to survive in the Vietnamese jungle and kill as many enemies as possible. In the first part, the player is in a boat on a river with rocks, mines and enemy fighters trying to sink it. If there is at least one remaining soldier at the end of the first part, the player enters the second part, a simulated 3D view of the jungle, shooting enemy soldiers and evading mines.

Keywords

  • vietnam war
  • vietnam

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The Spanish magazine Microhobby gave the game the following scores: Originality: 40%, Graphics: 70%, Motion: 60%, Sound: 70%, Difficulty: 80%, Addiction: 60%.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Amiga31 December 1989Europe
ZX Spectrum31 December 1989Europe
Atari ST/STE31 December 1989Europe
Amstrad CPC31 December 1989Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1989Europe

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