Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling · 1988

Hell Bent

Published by Novagen Software (UK) · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, Demo
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Prince, Donovan
Graphic Artist(s): Warden, Mo
Game design: Prince, Donovan
Musician(s): Prince, Donovan
Sound FX: Prince, Donovan
Cover Artist(s): Hardy, David
Year: 1988
Publisher: Novagen Software (UK)
Distributor: -
Developer: [n/a]
Licensed from: -
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, French, German
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 9.2/10 · Votes: 6 · Downloads: 2,232 · Hits: 5,387

Screenshots (5)

Cover Art (2)

Ads (1)

Hell Bent / Damocles - Mercenary II · 1989

Trivia (1)

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

The One · February, 1989 · Rating: 43 %

Comments (1)

IntoTheVerticalBlank — 1 Jul 2022
For me to want to re-play a vertical shooter it has to have a few things: 1. It has to be easy to get into. 2. It has to have good graphics. 3. It has to perform at a pretty good speed. That's it really. Hell Bent looks and sounds pretty good. There was some real effort put into this early game for the ST. It's basically a take on Gold Runner where you have to shoot as many of the targets and enemy as you can while flying up and down the screen. The visuals and sounds are more in the Plutos style than the Gold Runner style. It also has the Gold Runner difficulty and cheap deaths that are worse then the worst arcade quarter eater. Games should not be this difficult to get into.