Hawkeye
A bi-directional horizontally scrolling platform game, Hawkeye has the player in control of an SLF (Synthetic Life Form) controlled from an underground bunker by the Xamoxians. On each level, the eyes of the…
Hawkeye is a platform developed by Boys without Brains, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Hawkeye is
Hawkeye is a platform game developed by Boys without Brains and released in 1988. It was published by Thalamus. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A bi-directional horizontally scrolling platform game, Hawkeye has the player in control of an SLF (Synthetic Life Form) controlled from an underground bunker by the Xamoxians. On each level, the eyes of the hawks in the status panel flash to indicate the direction to travel in to find a puzzle piece. Four pieces are needed to complete the level, but there were also other pickups such as ammo and energy. There were 12 levels to complete plus a hidden bonus level. The player has a choice of four different weapons. The basic pistol had unlimited ammo but did little damage. The machine gun had a faster rate of fire, the laser did more damage and most powerful of all was the rocket launcher -…
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.
How it was received
Hawkeye holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Hawkeye 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. All of them reviewed better.
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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