Head Over Heels
Two distinct characters called Mr Head and Mr Heels are played in this arcade adventure. They are separated at the shoulders but capable of joining together to maximize their abilities in some situations (but…
Head Over Heels is an adventure developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1987 on Atari Jaguar, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit.
What Head Over Heels is
Head Over Heels is an adventure game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1987. It is available on Atari Jaguar, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Head Over Heels is an action-adventure game published by Ocean Software in 1987 for several home computers. It uses an isometric engine similar to the Filmation technique first developed by Ultimate Play the Game. Head Over Heels is the second isometric game by Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond, after their earlier Batman computer game was released in 1986. The game received favourable reviews and was described by Zzap!64 as an "all time classic".
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Head Over Heels holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1987 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Head Over Heels launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Wizball. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Wizball.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Head Over Heels yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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