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| Developer(s) | Wise Owl Software |
| Publisher(s) | CRL Group |
| Platform(s) | Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC |
| Release | 1987[1] |
Death or Glory is a multidirectional scrolling shooter developed by Wise Owl Software and published by CRL Group in 1987 for the Commodore 64 (and 16 and Plus/4), ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC. The player pilots a space ship and encounters an alien invasion that they then have to defeat. The game received average to negative reviews.
The player pilots a "spacedozer" destroying empty space stations,[2] and asteroids from space highways.[3] The player is given work orders to investigate a remote location that turns out to be an alien invasion.[2] The player is forced to engage the fleet before it arrives at their home island planet of New Stratford.[4]
The player pilots a spacedozer that they use to destroy individual alien ships or pieces of alien mothership.[5][4] The player can use the fire button to drop bombs and rip through the mothership's hull or ram enemy ships to destroy them.[2][6]
Sinclair User gave Death or Glory 6/10 and called it fun but lacking any stand-out features, describing it as "nothing really to complain about". The reviewer noted original theme, good graphics and controls.[4] Commodore Computing International rated the game "crisp" and acknowledged that the game wasn't "half bad". They noted graphics and gameplay as stronger points.[7] Your Sinclair gave the game 4/10 and advised readers to avoid the game.[5] Zzap64! rated the game at 37%, calling it an "average attempt" and giving particularly low scores to lastability and value. They described it as decently presented, however with repetitive and uninteresting gameplay.[2] Aktueller Software Markt gave the game's demo version's graphics and sound 8/10, and noted it for decent gameplay. They remarked that CLR had produced better games.[3] In a review of Alien Destruction Set, Ahoy! describe the graphics as nice and gameplay as entertaining.[6] Reviewers noted lack of instructions and feedback for using the attack button to damage the mothership.[4][5] Reviewers also noted game's over-hyped promotional material, which did not translate to gameplay.[3][7]
