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Hammerfist

Hammerfist is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Vivid Image and released in 1990 for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

31 December 1990

Hammerfist is an adventure developed by Vivid Image, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Hammerfist is

Hammerfist is an adventure game developed by Vivid Image and released in 1990. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The year is 2215 A.D holograms are indstingiushable from humans. People are selected for their special skills and then transformed into holograms to commit murder, political crimes, or whatever their master `Centro-Holographix' orders them to do. In between missions, the holograms are stored in personality computers, or mind prisons. However, the computer storing two of the most powerful holograms ever created, HAMMERFIST and METALISIS, has malfunctioned, sending the two deadly assassins on one final mission - to destroy Centro-Holographix.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Hammerfist launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.

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When did Hammerfist come out?
Hammerfist was released on 31 December 1990 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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