VENDETTA
VARIOUS, 1990
■Vendetta
is effectively the computer-game equivalent of a Nineties action movie – albeit without Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has a rescue mission narrative, machine gun-toting thugs and over-the-top street fights. The isometric flick-screen adventure even has a decorated army vet hero who has a lack of respect for authority! It also boasts Out Runtype sprite scaling car chases to take you from level to level, and there are collection-based sidequests that you have to complete in order to finish each stage. These are cleverly themed around amassing evidence to help find the kidnap victim at the heart of the storyline, and they help give the game depth.