Slayer is a horizontally scrolling shooter game developed by Imperial Software in 1988

1988 in video gaming

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 for the Amiga

Amiga

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, 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...

 and Commodore 64

Commodore 64

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. Hewson Consultants

Hewson Consultants

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 published the game.

Summary

As the name implies, the point is to slay enemies. The game consists of three levels, each with a boss which must be defeated at the end. Power-up

Power-up

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s such as bonus weapons and shields lay scattered around the levels.

Slayer is similar to Blood Money

Blood Money (computer game)

Blood Money is a scrolling shooter game developed by DMA Design for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST and IBM PC compatibles . It was released on January 6, 1989 and published by Psygnosis.-Gameplay:...

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