Thanatos 1/3 - Amstrad CPC

A awesome hard old game. Never finished it on "normal" 4 mode, but did it a couple of times on "1". As the game is so hard you need a lot of luck. The knight on the horse can kill you in one hit and so can the big cats if you are unluck. Even a dove can kill you if you make a turn at the wrong time :D The spiders are the greatest thread i find, because if the sorceress gets knocked off you never know what happens. If you are unluck she may land right on top of a spider.
Brilliant original concept for a game tho.

By Durell 1986

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Retro
• Game
• Bit
• Amstrad
• CPC

[dobermann1973]

very good old stuff ! where find an emulator for this game ?

[CholoCPC]

@dobermann1973 Well, WinApe and CPCE are the 2 pc emulators i use the most (but there are lots of other ones for pc and other systems as well). A quick google and youll find em. The Thantos "DSK" disc image you can get many places too like CPC-POWER or TACGR sites. Once you have the DSK inserted into "drive A" then just CAT to see the files on the disc and then RUN"filename or similar to start the game.

[Misel982001]

Hey CHOLOCPC this was one of my favorites...Unfortunately i never finished it....I didnt understand what i had to do.I took the princess up on the dragons back but then what....?

ps: I was only 11

[CholoCPC]

@Misel982001 Well this 1 seems quite logic. Anything attack you from below go high, anything attacks you from high, go low. Those birds are actually some of the worst enemies as they home in & you can only duck em if you anternate speed all the time. Of cause that knight on the horse that spawn every time you are low on "flame" can 1-hit death you, so better not fumble the joystick with that 1. Also if the girl dies its instant game over. No hard puzzles in this 1, just go right & pick up stuff.

[ngnikolaos]

06:10 Saved in the nick of time!

[CholoCPC]

@ngnikolaos Indeed, listen to that heartbeat ;D

[dobermann1973]

@CholoCPC thank you very much dude ;)

[ngnikolaos]

(sniff) Nostalgia overflowing ...

VIVA LA 8-BIT ERA!!

[stupedpindos]

That heartbeat was so stressful

[MadsterV]

man, I would have died with those graphics back then.

The dragon actually looks like a dragon!