Ancient Fighters (1994 MIA / 2021 Recovered & English Version) Walkthrough + Review, ZX Spectrum

Huge playlist archive with games from 1993-2004:    • ZX Spectrum games 1993-2004   A 1994 Slovak missing in action game recovered by Pavero (see Pavero's walkthrough of the Slovak version here:    • Ancient Fighters SK (ZX Spectrum)  . Pavero also has a great site with maps, pokes and RZX where you can download English and Slovak versions of this game (and tons of other great stuff): https://www.zx-spectrum.cz/ The game was translated to English in 2021 by: Pavero, Tomascz, R-Tape, Rombor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The nation was suffering under the despotic reign of Tyrant Diocletian. The people decided to attack the underground shelter of Diocletian's companions. They selected three valiant warriors to send to the catacombs below Rome. Titus is a former soldier who no longer wanted to commit bestial crimes. Another of the warriors is Marcus, who was a gladiator. The third fighter is Aulus, who graduated from military school. These ancient warriors have to face Diocletian's devil minions and defeat them. Each of the warriors enters the catacombs through a different entrance. The exit doors of the 3 catacombs leads to the same place, where the 3 warriors have to meet. Each of the warriors have to find a piece of map, necessary for going through the exit door, and necessary for completing the game. The collected pieces of the map can be seen on the right side of the screen in the window next to the one with weapons, and these pieces will be placed random for every new game. The warriors will encounter locked doors, which can be opened by finding a hidden lever, and also some routes will be blocked by rocks, and you have to use your weapon to smash through these. You can switch between the 3 warriors by pressing 1-3 at any time. A lot of enemies has to be defeated, and each warrior has an energy bar and 4 lives. The engine is quite good and fast. The graphics is nice and colorful and there is some nice AY tunes and an intro for the game. But it all comes down to being a maze game without RPG elements - no level up, nothing to collect except the pieces of map, and when fighting enemies you only have two different moves. This is not a bad game, what have been made is well made, just dont expect a highly complicated RPG game. For people that likes simple maze games, this is a good choice, but compared to todays modern ZX games this one lacks some dept. The game was made by: Extra Vision: Miloš Novák, František Vojtek, Petr Krevňák Rating = 74%