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Vixen (video game)
Encyclopedia
Vixen is a platform
sidescroller released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga
, Amstrad CPC
, Atari ST
, Commodore 64
, ZX Spectrum
and IBM PC
.
A notable feature in the game was that the movements of the main character were (at least in some versions of the game) captured from the moving picture thus making animation more realistic than usual in computer games those days.
s. Abandoned as a child and raised by magical fox
es, she intends to follow through on a promise she made to her elders to wipe the dinosaurs out and restore the planet to humanity.
Each level must be completed within a time limit, by progressing from left to right. The Vixen is armed only with a whip, used to defeat enemies and to collect bonus items such as gems (for points), extra lives and time.
The Vixen can also collect fox head tokens. If enough are collected by the end of the level, she will transform into a fox
, allowing the player to enter a special underground lair. Here she can collect gems, mega gems (which increase scoring potential above ground) and weapon upgrades (to increase the power of her whip).
Corinne Russell in the guise of the Vixen. The game also included a poster of the box cover. High street chain Boots refused to stock the game, prompting Martech
to re-issue the game with a less provocative cover.
"Vixen" is exactly pronounced as the foul-mouth word for "to jerk off" in the German language (wichsen), therefore the game was renamed as "She-Fox" in the German speaking countries.
The cover of the May 1988 issue Your Sinclair
, which featured the photo was equally controversial as it attracted a number of complaints, in regards to the provocative nature of Russell's pose, different from the box cover. However that issue became the second best selling issue ever released with 80,368 issues sold.
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
sidescroller released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga
Amiga
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...
, Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...
, 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...
, Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
, ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
and IBM PC
IBM PC
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981...
.
A notable feature in the game was that the movements of the main character were (at least in some versions of the game) captured from the moving picture thus making animation more realistic than usual in computer games those days.
Gameplay
You play as the Vixen, the last human on the planet Granath, which is now ruled by a race of dinosaurDinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
s. Abandoned as a child and raised by magical fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
es, she intends to follow through on a promise she made to her elders to wipe the dinosaurs out and restore the planet to humanity.
Each level must be completed within a time limit, by progressing from left to right. The Vixen is armed only with a whip, used to defeat enemies and to collect bonus items such as gems (for points), extra lives and time.
The Vixen can also collect fox head tokens. If enough are collected by the end of the level, she will transform into a fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
, allowing the player to enter a special underground lair. Here she can collect gems, mega gems (which increase scoring potential above ground) and weapon upgrades (to increase the power of her whip).
Controversy
The cover of the game box caused a lot of controversy, because it features the snarling Page 3 modelPage Three girl
Page Three is a tabloid newspaper feature consisting of a topless photograph of a female glamour model, usually printed on the paper's third page...
Corinne Russell in the guise of the Vixen. The game also included a poster of the box cover. High street chain Boots refused to stock the game, prompting Martech
Martech
Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East...
to re-issue the game with a less provocative cover.
"Vixen" is exactly pronounced as the foul-mouth word for "to jerk off" in the German language (wichsen), therefore the game was renamed as "She-Fox" in the German speaking countries.
The cover of the May 1988 issue Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:...
, which featured the photo was equally controversial as it attracted a number of complaints, in regards to the provocative nature of Russell's pose, different from the box cover. However that issue became the second best selling issue ever released with 80,368 issues sold.