Extreme Violence is a computer game for the Commodore Amiga, released in 1991 as a shareware

Shareware

The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

 game. It was written by Simon Green in AMOS (an Amiga version of BASIC

BASIC

BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code....

 programming language).

The game was later introduced to a larger market after it was included on a cover disk of the magazine Amiga Power

Amiga Power

Amiga Power was a monthly magazine about Amiga computer games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996....

, issue 24 (April 1993). It is a two player, top-down view shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em up

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, in which players battle it out in a randomly generated maze.

The aim of the game is to shoot the other player's character using a generic basic gun, or one of the power-ups that are dotted around the level. The first player to kill his opponent ten times wins the game.

Power-ups

Weapons power-ups

• speedy bullets - increases the speed of player's bullets.
• power lazer - changes bullets to a 'lazer' (a larger sprite and so more effective).
• magic bullets - bullets can pass through walls (albeit at a slower speed).
• bouncy bullets - bullets bounce off walls and so can be made to go round corners.

Other power-ups

• speedy boots - increases walking speed of player.
• bonus point - gives player 1 bonus point (out of the ten required to win the game).
• funny map - repeats the overall view of the maze as shown at the start of the round.
• radar jam - hides player's position on the shared radar screen.

Cheats

Several cheat modes are available. They can each be activated when the title screen is displayed by typing the cheat code and pressing enter. An audio sample of the word "Bingo" will be played (as heard when a match is won) to confirm the cheat has been activated.

Cheat Code	Effect
DUNE	Both players start with power lazer and speedy boots power-ups. Pressing [Help] during a game will invoke the funny map power-up.
TERMINATOR	Both players start with the radar jam power-up
LAWNMOWER	Both players start with bouncy bullets and speedy boots power-ups