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Atrog

The game consists of three phases: The town, the forest, the fortress, which will be loaded sequentially as we finish the previous one, it has a smooth up-down and right-left scroll that we will observe with…

31 December 1988

Atrog is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Zafiro, released 31 December 1988 on Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

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What Atrog is

Atrog is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Zafiro and released in 1988. It is available on Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As usual, as the winter season approaches, the warriors of the Khun people go to the Sacred Mountain in order to make offerings to the God Irkal, guardian of his people. Near the Holy Mountain they suffer a brutal attack by the barbarians Krull, a savage tribe from the East that had spread terror in all the territories through which they had passed. Few warriors survive after the savage fight; those who survived were able to arrive and warn the town in advance of the imminent danger that loomed. At this warning, the depleted Khun people were forced to march towards the inhospitable lands of the North, where they survived with great difficulties in an atmosphere of resentment and…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Atrog launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did Atrog come out?
Atrog was released on 31 December 1988 for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

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