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Tornado: Low Level

Top-down war shooter

90 31 December 1984

Tornado: Low Level is an arcade developed by Vortex Software, released 31 December 1984 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Tornado: Low Level is

Tornado: Low Level is an arcade game developed by Vortex Software and released in 1984. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fly the latest swing-wing fighter bomber, with 360 degree control. Sweep back your wings for supersonic speed. Hug the terrain to wipe out enemy targets. Land, refuel, take off at will. Your ultimate E.T.A. depends purely on your skill.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Tornado: Low Level holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Tornado: Low Level launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

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When did Tornado: Low Level come out?
Tornado: Low Level was released on 31 December 1984 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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