Satan's Hollow is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, subsequently converted to the Atari 8-bit family, and in 1984 to Commodore 64.
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I kind of like the aesthetic of this with the spooky castle on the hill and the day/night cycle. Making you build a bridge as your secondary objective rather than dealing with enemies from the side is also novel, but the Satan fight is so simplistic that it almost feels like they forgot to program it which leaves it feeling like an unfinished game in a sense.
That’s right everyone, I killed Satan and took over Hell! And all it took was… building a bridge and shooting him with one bullet… ok, not gonna lie, that is pretty pathetic. Speaking of pathetic, this game is also kind of pathetic, but still somewhat ok, and I do like the idea of having a shield that you can activate whenever you want for some time, so that gives it some bonus points.
Game #255
Game #255
having the player build a bridge is an interesting mechanic. the day-night cycle is also pretty cool, especially for a game this old!
An awful fixed shooter. The ship is sluggish, the graphics are ugly and hard to differentiate, and the game just loves enemy spam. The player has a rechargeable shield which just serves as a way to tank through hoards of enemies. The primary goal is to build a bridge by carrying pieces to a gap where you then fight a little demon and the process repeats. The game is too sluggish to be fun and too blatantly unfair so there is no satisfaction in using the shield to block 5 enemies dive bombing you. An obscure game that should remain that way