Targhan

Targhan is developed as a side-scrolling action game with touches of adventure, in which we will have to solve certain puzzles in order to advance.

Released: 1989
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Atari ST/STE MS-DOS macOS
Genres: Action Adventure Fighting Platformer
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Fantasy
Languages: English, French

About

Targhan is a side-scrolling hack and slash action-adventure game developed and published for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST by Silmarils and released in 1989. Color Dreams had announced plans for a Genesis port but it has not been released.

In 1996 an IBM PC CD-ROM re-release was published under Action Sixteen.

›Story

Seek and Destroy the Evil One.

"Far from Edengarhn is the castle of the Evil One. Far from your village, a lord keeps a secret, such a powerful lord that he cannot be human, a creature floating in a world that dies and grows again".

Now, as others went before you, you must learn that it is your turn to face the Evil One but you are the one who will come back...

You must travel through dense forest and over high mountains to reach a temple guarded by evil sentries. Then, if you are successful in your quest you will return to your tribe with the gift.

Keywords

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barbarian protagonist

Media

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Gameplay

The player can move, jump and crouch and perform various kick and swordthrust or throw collectable shuriken.

Special items can be collected by crouching. Besides shuriken there are bottles, stone tablets, a red box, a sparkling stone, and the necklace to collect and use to trigger special events.

Story

The player controls Targhan, a sword wielding barbarian from the village of Edengarhn. The long dead wizard Athna-An appeared in his dream to sing to him about the legend of the castle of the Evil One, a powerful creature that keeps a secret. He leaves his wife and village to travel through the mountains of Clorg and the forest of Luneclare. On the way to this goal, the player needs to solve puzzles and combat hostile demons, warriors and dragons.

Reception

Info magazine gave the Amiga version of Targhan an overall score of 4.5 out of 5, beginning their review by stating that Targhan is "one of the best entries in the field".

Joystick rated the Amstrad version 92%, bestowing its "Megastar" award concluding it "can be compared with the best".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Amiga	31 December 1989	Europe
MS-DOS	31 December 1989	North America
Atari ST/STE	31 December 1989	Europe
Amstrad CPC	31 December 1990	Europe
macOS	31 December 1991	Europe