Deliverance: Stormlord II
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Deliverance: Stormlord II (also known as Deliverance: Stormlord 2, or just Deliverance in Europe
) is a 1990 sequel
to the 1989 video game Stormlord
.
again, and so Stormlord has to rescue them for the second time, fighting his way through six levels from the depths of Hell
all the way to the Heaven
.
did have marked differences to the first Stormlord game. There are fairies to free and monsters to mash all the while avoiding the platform traps, but the game becomes more of an action sideways game. Divided into three levels divided into two sections each, it feature bosses and bonus levels in the end of each. All of the original's puzzle gameplay elements are gone in the sequel.
and Atari ST
(1992) and Macintosh
(1993) versions are very different than the 8-bit ones, bearing similarity in its graphical style and gameplay to the 1991 game Gods
but with better visuals than it. The final section of the game involves riding on back of an undead dragon.
The story is also a bit different: in the first game Stormlord succeeeded in his mission to free The Realm's fairy guardians from the clutches of the wicked Queen Badh, however he was unable to slay her and so she managed to escape with her life intact to lands unknown. Eventually, after many years of peace and harmony, she has returned to ravish the world, this time in league with the Satan
himself. Together with his many minions, the witch has again snatched the fairies and plans to use their lifeforce to restore her body to that of a young woman. Now, Stormlord has to return and finish the job he originally set out to do. His task is locate, free and then deliver the imprisoned fairies from Satan's Palace, through the Pits of Hell and the Enchanted Forest, to the devil-ridden skies of Heaven, where the amassed power of the rescued fairy-folk can join to once and for all overcome the forces of evil.
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Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
) is a 1990 sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
to the 1989 video game Stormlord
Stormlord
Stormlord is a game developed by Hewson Consultants in 1989 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC and DOS-based computers...
.
Story
The begins after the warrior Stormlord's victory over the demonic invasion in the first game. Badh, the Black Queen may be gone, but her surviving followers live on, dedicated in her memory and her ways: pure evil and obsessive desire to rule over The Realm. To this end they combine their powers and captured all the fairiesFairy
A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term...
again, and so Stormlord has to rescue them for the second time, fighting his way through six levels from the depths of Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
all the way to the Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
.
Gameplay
The gameplayGameplay
Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and player's connection with it...
did have marked differences to the first Stormlord game. There are fairies to free and monsters to mash all the while avoiding the platform traps, but the game becomes more of an action sideways game. Divided into three levels divided into two sections each, it feature bosses and bonus levels in the end of each. All of the original's puzzle gameplay elements are gone in the sequel.
16-bit versions
The AmigaAmiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
and Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
(1992) and Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
(1993) versions are very different than the 8-bit ones, bearing similarity in its graphical style and gameplay to the 1991 game Gods
Gods (video game)
Gods is a 1991 video game by The Bitmap Brothers where the player is cast as Hercules in his quest to achieve immortality. The game was first made for Amiga and Atari ST computers and then ported for various other platforms...
but with better visuals than it. The final section of the game involves riding on back of an undead dragon.
The story is also a bit different: in the first game Stormlord succeeeded in his mission to free The Realm's fairy guardians from the clutches of the wicked Queen Badh, however he was unable to slay her and so she managed to escape with her life intact to lands unknown. Eventually, after many years of peace and harmony, she has returned to ravish the world, this time in league with the Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
himself. Together with his many minions, the witch has again snatched the fairies and plans to use their lifeforce to restore her body to that of a young woman. Now, Stormlord has to return and finish the job he originally set out to do. His task is locate, free and then deliver the imprisoned fairies from Satan's Palace, through the Pits of Hell and the Enchanted Forest, to the devil-ridden skies of Heaven, where the amassed power of the rescued fairy-folk can join to once and for all overcome the forces of evil.
Reception
The game was well received, including the monthly awards Gamer Gold by Amiga ComputingAmiga Computing
Amiga Computing was a monthly computer magazine of a serious nature, published by Europress and IDG in both the UK and USA. A total of 117 issues came out. The games section was called Gamer, although later Amiga Action was incorporated into the magazine and became the games section.- External...
and CU Screen Star by CU Amiga.
External links
- Deliverance: Stormlord II at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...