Damage: The Sadistic Butchering of
Humanity
| Developer: Suomi-Peli | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Crystal Interactive | Sound: |
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| Year: 1996 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Steak in the fan | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 1 | Rating: |
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I don’t know a more violent or morally bankrupt game. The infamous Grand Theft Auto, released a year later, feels like a friendly tea party in comparison.
The game’s goal is straightforward: kill as many people as possible. At first, you’re given a bat. Head out and start swinging at anything that moves—men, women, children, the elderly. Eventually, a police officer will cross your path; smack them! Grab their weapon, shoot!
The urban hunting ground is vast. Numerous buildings can be entered (and looted), various weapons are stashed all over, and if you need a little pick-me-up, raid a junkie squat or a drug lab and sample their wares—you won’t feel the bullets anymore!
Most players will likely content themselves with wandering aimlessly, committing mindless carnage until the police or military inevitably shut you down. At best, your kill count might flirt with a thousand—a respectable tally for an amateur.
But if you’re aiming for greatness, seeking your name atop the leaderboard, you’ll need to strategise: amass an arsenal worthy of Terminator and storm the presidential palace! Wipe everyone out, hunt down the president, then have fun playing with his nuclear briefcase. Can you push the death toll beyond a billion?
This title clearly isn’t for everyone, as you might imagine. But good grief, is it cathartic! Just lock the kids in their room with a famous tea party game, for instance.
Set the emulator to “A500+, 4 MB Fast RAM” and disable the second floppy drive (uncheck “DF1”).
Controls:
Hold “up” for a moment to enter a building, take a path into the background, or search furniture; “F1” through “F10” to switch weapons; “1” through “5” to use drugs. Victims are automatically looted once the on-screen area has been entirely “pacified”.
For spiritual successors, take your pick: Deadbolt (PC, 2016), Butcher (2016), Katana Zero (2019), My Friend Pedro (2019), or Huntdown (2021).
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