Genre: Action
Publisher: The Hit Squad
Year: 1990
System: Amstrad CPC
The Vindicator! is an intense action game originally created by Ocean Software (under the Imagine label) in 1988 and later reissued as a budget title by The Hit Squad in 1990. Players take on the role of a lone hero—dubbed the Vindicator—who emerges from underground bunkers to repel an alien invasion that has devastated Earth. The game unfolds in three distinct phases:
Alien base infiltration – return on foot for side-scrolling platform action inside the enemy stronghold, utilizing lifts and trapdoors to overcome security systems.
Underground maze – navigate winding corridors, find keycards, combat alien guards, and solve anagram puzzles to locate blueprints.
Vehicle combat – transition to a vertically scrolling segment where you pilot either a plane or jeep, battling waves of aliens with bombs and standard weapons.
