Obliterator is an arcade developed by Psygnosis, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
What Obliterator is
Obliterator is an arcade game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1988. It was published by Melbourne House. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are Drak the Last of the Obliterators, a genetically enhaned and awesome fighting machine, bio-engineered for the execution of a incredible task, the ultimate solution ot thme most cataclysmic of predicaments. In the voids of Federation space an alien cruiser has materialised. It is aship of sinister and foreboding power. Federation defences have been smashed, Earth lies exposed, then is only one hope and you are it! Summoned by the Federation, your assignment is to use a prototype matter transporter to infiltrate the alien cruiser. Armed with a particle beam disrupter, lasers and whatever the alien habitat can provide, you musst cripple the alien vessel thus enabling its destruction…
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
Obliterator 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.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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