The Sentinel
A surreal and very original game by Geoff Crammond The game plays out on a 3D landscape with hills and valleys made up of several levels. At the highest vantage point stands The Sentinel, a statue-like being…
The Sentinel is a puzzle, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and BBC Microcomputer System.
What The Sentinel is
The Sentinel was released in 1986. It was published by Firebird Software. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Sentinel, released in the United States as The Sentry, is a puzzle video game created by Geoff Crammond, published by Firebird in 1986 for the BBC Micro. It was converted to the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Amiga, and IBM PC compatibles. The Sentinel was among the first games to use solid-filled 3D graphics on home computers. It won numerous awards upon release and has since appeared on several "best video games of all time" lists.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Sentinel holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1986 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Sentinel launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, Rebelstar and Leaderboard. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, Rebelstar, Leaderboard.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Sentinel yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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