Editing Game Over (video game)

{{Short description|1987 video game}}
{{Infobox video game 
|title = Game Over
|image = Game over (video game).jpg
|caption = Cover art by [[Luis Royo]]
|developer = [[Dinamic Software]]
|publisher = [[Imagine Software]]
|designer = Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor <br> Pedro Sudón Aguilar
|artist = Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor
|released = July 1987
|genre = [[Action video game|Action]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MSX]], [[Thomson TO7]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
}}

'''''Game Over''''' is an [[action video game]] developed by [[Dinamic Software]] and published by [[Imagine Software]] in 1987. It was released for the [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MSX]], [[Thomson TO7]], and [[ZX Spectrum]]. The game includes some [[adventure game]] elements. A prompted unrated sequel, ''[[Game Over II]]'', was released in 1987.

==Plot==
[[Image:gameovergame.png|thumb|320px|right|upright|Gameplay screenshot]]
Arkos, a former loyal lieutenant of the beautiful but evil galactic empress Queen Gremla, became a rebel dedicated to end her cruel tyranny. The first part of the game takes place on the prison planet Hypsis, from which Arkos must try to escape. In the second part, Arkos arrives in the jungle swamp planet Sckunn to infiltrate the queen's palace, defeat her Giant Guardian robot, and assassinate her.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| award1Pub = ''Your Sinclair''
| award1 = YS Megagame<ref>Game review, Your Sinclair magazine, [[Dennis Publishing]], issue 21, September 1987, page 57</ref>
}}
Controversy arose around the presence of a visible nipple on the advertising and inlay artwork, which had originally appeared on the cover of ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'' (May 1984 - Vol. 8, No. 2) called ''Cover Ere Comprimee'' and is attributed to [[Luis Royo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-080/SinclairUser_080_Nov_1988#page/n49/mode/2up/ |title=Sinclair User Magazine Issue 080 |date= November 1988|access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonowt.com/magfold/articfol/boob.html |title=Nonowt eZine X - The Great 'Game Over' Boob |publisher=Nonowt.com |date= |access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref> [[Oliver Frey]], the art editor for ''Crash'' magazine, added a metal corset covering the exposed area so that it could be printed in their magazine. In the end retailers demanded that a logo be placed over the original artwork's nipple.<ref>''Edge'' 114, September 2002, "Box Clever" article on game packaging artwork.</ref> ''Game Over'' won the awards for best advert and best inlay of the year, according to the readers of ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/51/awards.htm |title=CRASH 51 - Readers' Awards |publisher=Crashonline.org.uk |date= |access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref>

The game itself was mostly well received. ''Computer & Video Games'' awarded it 8/10 for the ZX Spectrum and 7/10 for the Amstrad CPC versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-071/CVG_071_Sep_1987#page/n39/mode/2up/search/GREMLA |title=CVG Magazine Issue 071 |date= September 1987|access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref> The MSX version was rated an overall 8/10 by ''MSX Extra'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/MSXExtra44/MSX_Extra_44#page/n9/mode/2up/ |title=MSX Extra #44 |date= June 1988|access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref> and the Commodore 64 version was given a score of 68%  by ''[[Zzap!64]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/zzap64-magazine-029/ZZap_64_Issue_029_1987_Sep#page/n107/mode/2up/ |title=ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 029 |date= September 1987|access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref> ''[[Your Sinclair]]'' rated the ZX Spectrum version 9/10,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-21/page/n48|title=Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 21|date=1 September 1987|publisher=|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> but the 1990 re-release edition from [[Alternative Software]], which featured a sanitised version of the original cover described as "tragically modified", was given only 52% for its high difficulty level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-50|title=Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 50|date=1 February 1990|publisher=|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==Legacy==
''Game Over'' was followed by ''[[Game Over II]]'' (also known as ''Phantis'' in its native Spain), which was developed and published by [[Dinamic Software]] in 1987.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WoS game|id=0001958|name=Game Over}}
* {{lemon64 game|id=1015}}
* [https://amstrad.es/doku.php?id=juegos:game_over ''Game Over''] at Amstrad ESP
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210855/http://www.cpczone.net/index.php?game=384 ''Game Over''] at CPCZone
* [http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/2130 ''Game Over''] at Generation-MSX

[[Category:1987 video games]]
[[Category:Action games]]
[[Category:Alternative Software games]]
[[Category:Amstrad CPC games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:Dinamic Software games]]
[[Category:Europe-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Imagine Software games]]
[[Category:MSX games]]
[[Category:Science fiction video games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games about robots]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Spain]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Martin Galway]]
[[Category:Video games set in prison]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]