Trauma
A world of barbarian war fiends is about to pulverize the solar system. Your mission is to stop the catastrophe from happening. You'll need all of your ship's devastating fire-power to destroy the enemy…
Trauma is an arcade developed by Metal Hurlant, released 31 December 1987 on Atari ST/STE.
What Trauma is
Trauma is an arcade game developed by Metal Hurlant and released in 1987. It was published by ERE Informatique. It is available on Atari ST/STE only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A world of barbarian war fiends is about to pulverize the solar system. Your mission is to stop the catastrophe from happening. You'll need all of your ship's devastating fire-power to destroy the enemy planet. They'll throw everything they've got at you in order to defend their land bases, maritime war fleets and incredible cities protected by hideously menacing interceptors which are rumoured to be indestructible.
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.
What it launched against
Trauma launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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