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Wrath of The Demon

DOS - 1991
Also available on: Amiga - Atari ST - CDTV - Commodore 64

In early 1990s, Readysoft released a number of animated action games that became instant hits on the Laserdisc platform, although their PC counterparts suffered poor sales in comparison. This is by no means surprising: although these games boast very high production values and excellent animations which are created by Don Bluth Studios, their value as a game is sorely lacking.

These game are little more than PC version of "choose-your-own-adventure" books, in which gameplay is boiled down to choosing an action from multiple choices. PC versions are, naturally, cut-down versions from Laserdisc originals, with many sequences missing altogether. It wasn't until the advent of CD-ROM that Readysoft (now sold to Digital Leisure) started making "deluxe" version of these games and put them on CD-ROM and later DVD.

Treat the games as fun and humorous computer cartoons, but don't expect them to be involving games. If you like any of these disk-based versions, check out the deluxe DVD/CD-ROM versions at Digital Leisure's products page. Excerpt from Rob's original review at CW#3: "A nice side-scrolling action game converted from the Amiga. Similar to the popular Shadow of the Beast by Psygnosis but still a unique game."

Wrath of the Demon is one of the rare titles from Readysoft that wasn't based on Laserdisc arcade game. Well worth a look, especially since it's much more interactive than later bloated "animation extravaganza" that are masqueraded as games. Thumbs up!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

pepitez 29 Dec. 2022

I had it, and never got pass the first stage of the game!

1
Kyle 23 Dec. 2022

Good game. Remind me of "Weird Dream". Control is hard and it's challenging. That's what makes it fun. Using DosBox SVN DAUM with save state helps a lot. Otherwise, it'll be very frustrating.

1
andyjibb 09 May. 2018

I remember this was the first game I'd bought where I had a corrupt diskette, and I had to order away for a new copy of the disk from the developers. They sent me one back, and it worked.

4
Malle Pietje 27 Feb. 2017

Nice game

2

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
2 MB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
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256 KB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
7 MB
Atari ST version
Game file
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11 MB
CDTV version
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United Kingdom English
3 MB

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