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S urfing in on the waves of success from US Gold’s Strider and Ghouls and Ghosts comes Black Tiger, the latest conversion from the Capcom stable.
The Black Tiger of the title is the character you control: a legendary warrior of heroic status, known more for his powers of destruction than diplomacy. But there is no point being a hero without a quest to fulfil, and Black Tiger is a corker: three fearsome dragons have risen from the depths of hell, bringing torment upon the world. BT must despatch these creatures and restore civilisation to a more even keel...
The mission takes the form of a platform shoot em up, as you guide BT through six levels of subterranean fantasy settings, spread over many screens scrolling both vertically and horizontally.

Mr Tiger walks along ledges, and can be made to jump across gaps in the scenery and straight up to climb vertical columns of rock. Arrows show the route that needs to be taken to locate the exit, although interesting items and places can be found by moving off the signposted trail.

Each underworld scene plays host to hordes of diabolical creatures, all of whom are out for Black’s blood. Successful attacks deprive BT of chunks from his precious energy meter, until eventually all his current life comes to an end. However, Black can defend himself throwing knives and a particularly vicious blade-on-a-chain device which is launched at the enemy, yo-yo fashion.
On the enemy’s demise, a ‘Zenny’ cash token is left which can be pocketed. Whenever Black comes across one of the numerous stone men, they spring to life offering some sort of assistance, and occasionally providing the opportunity to buy extra equipment with Zenny coins: arms and armour, extra energy and time, plus keys are all up to grabs. The keys can then be used to open the locked chest which litter the caverns for whatever reward – beneficial or harmful – which wait inside.

On reaching the end of each stage, the inevitable end-of-level guardian (or indeed guardians) must be defeated in order to pass through to the next. Black Tiger has a limited time within which to escape from each level, and the mission continues until Black Tiger has defeated the dragons, or his remaining lives have all been senselessly wasted in pursuit of his quest.
Steve Jarratt

M AYBE it is not autumn but the Amiga Computing office is certainly filling up with old chestnuts. This type of game first hit the arcades about three years ago and died out as suddenly as it appeared.
The plot, like all the best ones, is fairly simple. You are a mad nutter with a morning star (that is the weapon, not the newspaper) and you must ply a path of blood and death through various catacombs, only pausing to rescue the odd good guy and buy more weapons.

A cross between a beat em up and a platform game, the graphics are certainly of arcade quality though the joystick response tends to be a little sloppy.
The game is playable enough. Nice graphics, nice sound, a bit old-headgear now, but a prime example of the genre in all its graphical splendour.
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