1994 · Action-adventure · Arcade

Vital Light

ital Light is one of those innovative games which only appear once a while. In this particular one, you have to control a small paint gun that contains five different colored paints, and destroy blocks that are falling toward you by making them all the same color. Your paint gun is on a roller at the bottom of the screen, and horizontal strips of colored blocks fall from the top of the screen at varying speeds. Holding down the fire button and pushing left or right changes the currently selected color, and sometimes you only just have enough time to get the right color before the blocks smash into you.

Released: 1994
Platforms: Amiga Amiga CD32
Genres: Action-adventure Arcade Shooter Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action

About

Vital Light is a 1994 action video game developed by Spanish studio Efecto Cao SL and published by Millennium Interactive for the Amiga and Amiga CD32.

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The player - an adept gamer - travels to the planet RAMROM to complete an arcade game that no one has beaten before.

While incorporating other play styles, at its core the game is a shoot-'em-up.

Reception

CU Amiga felt that while it borrowed from other games, Vital light still had an original flavour. The One argued that while other games try to be different and end up being "confused and substandard", this game knows what it wants to be and does it very well. Amiga Format felt it offered a new expression of an old gaming concept. Amiga Power summed up their review by stating "Vital light is crap". Amiga Mania deemed it one of the best 16 bits Spanish video games.

The One praised the game's "well-designed control method". Gamer said that while the game was an enjoyable fast-paced experience it lacked a decent plot.