Strontium Dog: The Killing
Mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha makes the leap from the pages of 2000 AD to
the Spectrum in The Killing , an action game based on a storyline from the
comic.
The Killing is an annual competition, where the galaxy’s most notorious
criminals and murderers meet to fight to the death. Johnny Alpha joins the
contest with two goals: to kill all the criminals (and collect the bounty on
their heads) and to get to the evil despots organizing the bloodsport.
Seen from above, the player controls Johnny on his way through a maze of more
than 200 rooms. 93 other contestants are present in the maze, and all must be
vanquished to win. Most can simply be shot with Johnny’s blaster. Some
encounters based on situations from the comic require a different approach
though: ambushes await at the medical stations, and Johnny must fire an
electro flare into a station to knock out the occupants. Special enemies
include the evil android Steelkreeg and cunning killer Barnak Spraks, who
enjoys playing dead, waiting for his moment to strike.