Hydra (video game)

Short description: 1990 arcade game

Hydra

Developer(s)|

Atari Games

* ICE Software
(Amiga/Atari ST/C64)
Moonstone Computing
(CPC/ZX Spectrum)
NuFX (Lynx)

Publisher(s)| Atari Games
Domark, Tengen
(Amiga/Atari ST/C64/CPC/ZX Spectrum)
Atari Corporation (Lynx)
Producer(s)| Milt Loper
Programmer(s)| Dennis Harper
Andrew Burgess
Artist(s)| Chuck Eyler
Deborah Short
Nick Stern
Composer(s)| Brad Fuller
Don Diekneite
Platform(s)|

Arcade

* Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

Release|

1990

* Arcade

* WW: June 1990[1]

Amstrad CPC

* EU: 1990

Amiga

* EU: 1991

Atari ST

* EU: 1991

Commodore 64

* EU: 1991

ZX Spectrum

* EU: 1991

Lynx

* NA: 1992
* EU: 1992

Genre(s)| Vehicular combat
Mode(s)| Single-player
Arcade system| Atari G1[1]

Hydra is a 1990 arcade vehicular combat video game developed and published by Atari Games. In Hydra, the player pilots a hovercraft, trying to deliver top secret items while avoiding mines, other hovercraft, and logs. The player can collect money and fuel to continue. X-Y yoke control.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Development and release
* 3 Reception
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Gameplay

Arcade screenshot

In Hydra, thieves are trying to steal the treasures from a museum. These artifacts contain secrets to a weapon, and it is up to you to stop them. The player is issued an experimental speedboat to navigate the rivers in order to retrieve the treasures from checkpoints.[2] There are nine levels of rivers and oceans, while playing the game the player can collect money bags for extra cash and crystals for extra fuel.[3] The obstacles are gun embankments, enemy crafts and other nuisances which will slow you down and you can loose your cargo which will float down stream that you will have to go and collect.[4][3] At the end of each level the player then drops off the cargo and can then buy upgrades from a shop to improve the Hydra speedboat.[5]

## Development and release

Developed by ICE Software and published together by Domark and Tengen, Hydra was ported to the Amstrad CPC in Europe the same year as the arcade original. The following year, it was also ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The Atari Lynx version was developed by NuFX and published by Atari Corporation in 1992.

## Reception

Robert Jung reviewed the Atari Lynx version of the game which has been published on IGN, he went on to say the game borrowed "heavily from RoadBlasters" but he found it fun giving a score of 8 out of 10.[3] Game Zero Magazine reviewed the game giving a score of 82 out of 100.[6]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hydra". https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=hydra&page=detail&id=1158.
2. ↑ Hydra Instruction Manual. Atari. p. 1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Robert A. Jung (6 July 1999). "Another excellent arcade adaptation from Atari. Read the full review below.". IGN Entertainment. http://uk.ign.com/articles/1999/07/07/hydra.
4. ↑ Hydra Instruction Manual. Atari. p. 3.
5. ↑ Hydra Instruction Manual. Atari. p. 4.
6. ↑ Hydra review. 1. Game Zero Magazine. September 1992.

## External links

* Hydra at AtariAge
* Hydra at GameFAQs
* Hydra at Giant Bomb
* Hydra at Killer List of Videogames
* Hydra at MobyGames

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