Vixen - Amstrad CPC

I remember seeing the original game box 24 years ago and desided instantly that this game had to be crap when it needed a foxy vixen on the cover to lure in buyers. Just booted this up for the first time and it looks like i wasnt completely off in my judging. This would have been pretty ok as a buget title and not as a full price title.
Somehow it reminds me a lot of Thundercats game and the gameplay is somewhat the same. This game uses the multicolour mode 0, but sadly dosnt take advantage of the many colour. Especially the enemy sprites look oddly basic and dull. Like that little darkblue thing that you barely can see. Other sprites like when you turn into a fox is really well animated.
Anyways you quicky realise that its easier to simlply crawl the whole lvls as the enemies are so small and barely jump at you ever. Collition could use some corrections.
Feels like a rush-job and a bit blank (like the menu is black and white).

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• retro
• game
• amstrad
• cpc
• spectrum
• commodore

[MrAntagonism75]

I remember seeing this tacky game on the shelves back in the day - Boots refused to stock it. The woman who graced the cover was Corinne Russell, a page 3 girl who also appeared in an AC/DC video.

[CholoCPC]

Good to know. Having a "famous" on the cover probably helps a bit sellling the game ;D Makes a lot more sense to me now.

[PURES3X]

Nice animation of the vixen running! The rest of its crap!

[alex76gr]

It reminds me Thundercats!

[Jermyn78]

All I remember of this game is on the later levels, you were pretty much fucked unless you had the more powerful whip.

[ash81b4u]

Yeah despite the nice cover, the game was average. Could have been really good. Thanks for uploading this one.