Commodore 64 Longplay - Hawkeye 1988 - Retro Gems
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Thalamus, known for its ingeniously well-engineered and extremely perfectionist games, released with Hawkeye a really precious game. Here you control a man -half human, half robot- that fights through 12 levels and additionally collects some puzzle pieces on the way. If he has collected 4 puzzle pieces, he can leave the level (on the right side) and enter a new level. Each level differs graphically and was desgined very successfully for C64 measures.
It is easier to channel through the alien attacks when you carry with you a fair weapon armoury. In the SLF, the Synthetic Life Form, this is well equipped. There is e.g. the simple pistol with countless ammunition, then some heavier cannonry but with limited munitions: a machine gun, a laser (very efficient!), and a rocket launcher (slow, but the strongest weapon). Every now and then you can find lying on the way next to the puzzle pieces some additional munition and other options, which come in handy. Technically everything knows to please, starting from the stirring music by Charles Deneen and Jeroen Tel, over the graphics designed by real artists, the fantastic playability, to the whole design which could not have been made better. Even a bonuslevel is available... but to reach it without cheating is only manageable for real joystick acrobats.