Vampire Vengeance
Senor Endaraues makes quality AGD games with a fresh feel. Vampire Vengeance is his 3rd, and IMO, best game. You will not be brandishing crosses or wielding wooden stakes in this game, as you play the evil shadow-lord himself: Count Orlack. An army of knights have besieged your castle, and you must kill or be killed. Your enemies come in various forms: stabbing knights, jumping jacks, marauding dogs and mystical shapeshifters. You are far from powerless - Count Orlack can fly as a bat, and when you press the fire key, bare his fangs and go for the jugular. This is a novel use of AGD, and creeping up on a knight from behind to go in for the kill is a delicious part of the fun. It meets all the modern criteria of what we call a polished homebrew game: great loading screen, graphics and appropriate AY music. At 31 challenging single screen levels, most players will probably use snapshots or POKEs, but it's no less enjoyable for it.
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