Sturmtruppen: The Videogame
Sturmtruppen: The Videogame is a video game for the Amiga computer platform, based on the Sturmtruppen comic books by Franco Bonvicini, published by the Italian software publisher iDea in 1992.
| Sturmtruppen: The Videogame | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | iDea |
| Publisher(s) | iDea |
| Designer(s) | Lodovico Benvenuto, Ivano Codina , Filippo Macchiettini |
| Platform(s) | Amiga |
| Release | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Arcade platform, Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
It is the only officially licensed videogame using Sturmtruppen's theme and characters.
The game wasn't very successful commercially, and received rather low scores by reviewers (44% by Amiga Joker, 3/5 stars from Amiga Power .
For the time (1992) and the platform of its release (Amiga), the graphics left most of the machine's potential underutilised, the sound effects were almost non-existent and the soundtrack consisted mostly of simple repetitive chip music.
Nevertheless, the gameplay was somewhat various, as the player controlled a German "Sturmtruppen" soldier who could use a variety of weapons, and also pick up some vehicles including motorcycles, airplanes and tanks, which turned the game into a variable run and gun event, almost like a precursor to the Metal Slug series.