Frenzy

$2.99

Release Date:: Sep 30, 2022
Developer:: Ocean Software
Publisher:: Pixel Games UK
Platforms:: Windows

Action Full controller support Family Sharing Single-player Steam Cloud

About This Game

Originally released in 1983, this was one of the very earliest releases from Ocean Software, which would go on to be one of Europe's biggest game developers and publishers of the 1980s/90s. Frenzy is a simple riff on an arcade classic, released for the ZX Spectrum. Now, relive those days in this remastered emulated version.

Gameplay

Search the labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.

This enhanced version introduces a number of modern features to this retro classic, including:

Saving/loading the game at any point
Support for most modern game controllers
Full control remapping
Image scaling and smoothing options

Screenshots

User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

4 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #693072 english

13 min at review

Recommended

pretty good game it feels like berserk but with a bit lag on the controls also sometimes you cant blast the enemies must be a minor bug still rpetty fun

User #483145 english

17 min at review

Recommended

I normally wouldn't post a review for only seventeen minutes, but these Speccy games need reviews! Frenzy is exactly what you think it is, but this port is quite a bit simpler than the original, but far more difficult due to design choices. First, you cannot kills the robots unless you are shooting directly at their heads. Second, Evil Otto (who looks more like a Lemon Head candy) is SUPER fast, and unless you are close to an exit he will run you down. So overall I recommend this game because it is dirt cheap ($1.99 USD) and fun. And if you have a Steam Deck and set FPS to 50 and the TDP down to 3 watts, you will get more than six hours out of your battery! Will I play this game six hours? Probably not all at once, but I can see myself picking this game up randomly over the years.