The player moves around a randomly generated maze, attempting to kill the eponymous phantoms by shooting them. As each level is cleared, a new maze is created, and the phantoms became harder (requiring more shots) to kill.
The game combines a relatively sedate pace and a then-rare first-person point of view (using simple fixed-perspective graphics) to produce high levels of dramatic tension for a game on such primitive hardware. As the player moves around the maze, the only indication that a phantom is encroaching is an ominous sound played when the phantom is a few squares away from the player's position. The player can adjust the setting for the audio range finder to indicate the phantom's presence at close or further number of squares to help locate the phantom.
A power-up time is required for the player's weapon, leading to the player holding a position in order to charge the weapon while stalking (or being stalked). The phantoms can take multiple hits (usually two). Combined with their creepy ability to get in close and blind-side the player, this is effective for elevating the fear factor.
phantom, slayer, video, game, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, phantom, slayer, video, game, news, newspapers, books, schola. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Phantom Slayer video game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Phantom Slayer is a video game released by Med Systems in 1982 for the TRS 80 Color Computer and Dragon 32 64 Written by Ken Kalish Phantom Slayer is considered by some who an early forerunner of the modern first person shooter genre Phantom SlayerDeveloper s Med SystemsPublisher s MicrodealDesigner s Ken KalishPlatform s Dragon 32 64 TRS 80 Color ComputerRelease1982Genre s MazeMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksGameplay EditThe player moves around a randomly generated maze attempting to kill the eponymous phantoms by shooting them As each level is cleared a new maze is created and the phantoms became harder requiring more shots to kill The game combines a relatively sedate pace and a then rare first person point of view using simple fixed perspective graphics to produce high levels of dramatic tension for a game on such primitive hardware As the player moves around the maze the only indication that a phantom is encroaching is an ominous sound played when the phantom is a few squares away from the player s position The player can adjust the setting for the audio range finder to indicate the phantom s presence at close or further number of squares to help locate the phantom A power up time is required for the player s weapon leading to the player holding a position in order to charge the weapon while stalking or being stalked The phantoms can take multiple hits usually two Combined with their creepy ability to get in close and blind side the player this is effective for elevating the fear factor See also EditDungeons of DaggorathReferences EditExternal links EditPhantom Slayer Fan site includes more screenshots and a legal download of the game binary for use with emulators This maze video game article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phantom Slayer video game amp oldid 985318636, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
