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{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Awesome
|image = Awesome Coverart.png
|caption = Amiga cover art
|developer = [[Reflections Interactive]]
|publisher = [[Psygnosis]]
|designer = Martin Edmondson <br> Cormac Batstone
|artist = Martin Edmondson <br> Cormac Batstone
|composer = [[Tim Wright (Welsh musician)|Tim Wright]] <br> Lee Wright
|released = {{ubl|'''Amiga'''|{{vgrelease|EU|1990}}|'''Atari ST'''|{{vgrelease|EU|Mid-1991}}|'''FM Towns'''|{{vgrelease|JP|27 March 1992}}}}
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[FM Towns]]
}}
'''''Awesome''''' is a [[science fiction]] [[action video game]] released by [[Psygnosis]] for the [[Amiga]] in 1990. It features a variety of gameplay styles, from overhead shooting to ''[[Asteroids (game)|Asteroids]]''-esque sequences, and a [[pre-rendered]] [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray-traced]] intro. The objective is to traverse the galaxy despite not having the funds or fuel to do it.
==Gameplay==
''Awesome'' is an action video game set in a fictional planetary system called Octaria. It can be divided into several sequences. The first sequence has the player's spaceship, the Elapidae, in hyperspace ''en route'' to a planet, but the voyage is interrupted as space pirates and meteors threaten it. The player controls the forward and backward thrusts of the Elapidae and rotates it left or right while the action is viewed from a top-down perspective. The player must clear the area of enemies or meteors before their ship can jump back into hyperspace. The game begins with the Elapidae having a certain amount of energy used for its shields and firepower, and the player must complete their objectives while manoeuvring their ship so as to avoid accruing damage, which depletes the energy. Upon clearance of the area, the Elapidae returns to hyperspace, and the player has the option to allocate the ship's energy to its shields and firepower and select any of the weapons they have purchased before continuing its voyage. There may be more than one interruption between the ship's starting point and destination, and the player must be ready to clear more areas accordingly.
Upon reaching the destination planet, the game transitions into sequence two as the landing-craft forward of the Elapidae detaches and the camera switches to a 3D perspective. In this sequence, the player battles a giant space serpentine creature. The player's landing craft can fire its weapons straight forward and dodge left or right and up or down. After defeating the creature, the ship arrives into the planet's atmosphere, moving the game into sequence three. The player must destroy a certain number of alien spacecraft and then find and dock their craft on a landing pad before exhausting their oxygen level. The fourth and final sequence begins with the remaining oxygen from the previous segment, in which the player controls their crew and must find the entrance to the ___location's underground complex. At the point, the player can fulfill contracts and commit to new contracts. For fulfilling the contracts, the player is rewarded with fuel for the ship, as well as disks and crystals, the game's currency. The disks and crystals can then be exchanged for cargo, weapons, and boarding additional crew members. The player then views the Navcom Screen, where they position the orbiting planets in relation to the player's current ___location. They then spend their currency to pay a hotel rent as they wait for the two planets to come close enough to each other, saving the ship's fuel. The end goal of the game is to complete all contracts from each of the eight planets, acquiring enough fuel to escape Octaria.
==Development==
The theme music was composed by [[Tim Wright (Welsh musician)|Tim Wright]]. The box art for ''Awesome'' was painted by science fiction artist [[John Harris (artist)|John Harris]].
''Awesome'' was first launched for Amiga in 1990. An [[Atari ST]] port followed in mid-1991.<ref name=CVG115/> It was later published for [[FM Towns]] by [[Fujitsu]] on 27 March 1992.<ref name=micomBASIC/>
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|ACE=900/1000<ref name=ACE/>
|AmAction=80%<ref name=AmAction/>
|AmUI=78%<ref name=AmUI/>
|CVG=81%<ref name=CVG/>
|Gen4=72%<ref name=Gen4/>
|JS=93%<ref name=JS/>
|TGMIt=95%<ref name=TGMIt/>
|Z64=79%<ref name=Z64/>
|rev1=''Amiga Joker''
|rev1Score=62%<ref name=AJ/>
|rev2=''Datormagazin''
|rev2Score=7/10<ref name=Dator/>
|rev3=''[[The One (magazine)|The One]]''
|rev3Score=85%<ref name=TheOne/>
}}
The Amiga release of ''Awesome'' received generally favorable reviews. ''ACE'' wrote that the game was visually attractive.<ref name=ACE/> ''The One'' felt the game lacked in originality, but that this was compensated by its long-term playability.<ref name=TheOne/> ''Computer + Video Games'' deemed the title "a little disappointing" by Psygnosis standards.<ref name=CVG/> ''Zzap!64'' described the title as a "hotch-potch of game styles", with none of the subgames being particularly strong.<ref name=Z64/> Amiga Joker thought that ''Awesome'' was a very mediocre game.<ref name=AJ/>
Graphics and music from the game were featured in one of the "crossover" levels of the Amiga and some other versions of Psygnosis's later game ''[[Lemmings (video game)|Lemmings]]''.<ref name=HG101/>
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=ACE>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/ace-magazine-41/ACE_Issue_41_1991_Feb#page/n45|title=Screentest: Awesome|last=Howlader|first=Khalid|magazine=[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]]|date=February 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=41|page=46}}</ref>
<ref name=AJ>{{cite web|url=http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/awesome.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226005556/http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/awesome.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-26|title=Amiga reviews: Awesome|language=de|work=[[:de:Amiga Joker|Amiga Joker]]|date=2009-02-26|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref>
<ref name=AmAction>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/amiga-action-16/page/n101|title=Review: Awesome|magazine=[[Amiga Action]]|date=January 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=16|pages=100–101}}</ref>
<ref name=AmUI>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Amiga_User_International_1991001/page/n85|title=Review: Awesome|last=Horgan|first=Tony|magazine=[[Amiga User International]]|date=January 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|volume=5|issue=1|pages=86–87}}</ref>
<ref name=CVG>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-110/CVG110_Jan_1991#page/n96|title=Review: Awesome|last=Leadbetter|first=Richard|magazine=[[Computer + Video Games]]|date=January 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=110|page=97}}</ref>
<ref name=CVG115>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_115_1991-06_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n79|title=...News Flash...|magazine=[[Computer + Video Games]]|date=June 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=115|page=80}}</ref>
<ref name=Dator>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Datormagazin1990/Datormagazin_1990_nr20/page/n61|title=Dyr bensin även i rymden|language=sv|trans-title=Expensive petrol even in space|last=Wester|first=Pia|magazine=[[:sv:Datormagazin|Datormagazin]]|date=20 December 1990 – 16 January 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=20|page=62}}</ref>
<ref name=TGMIt>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/the-games-machine-italia-27/page/n21|title=Review: Awesome|language=it|magazine=[[The Games Machine (Italy)]]|date=January 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=27|pages=22–24}}</ref>
<ref name=Gen4>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-028/page/n38/mode/1up|title=Test Arcade / Action – Awesome|language=fr|last=Ladoire|first=Frank "Champagne"|magazine=[[:fr:Génération 4|Génération 4]]|date=December 1990|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=28|page=76}}</ref>
<ref name=HG101>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lemmings|title=Lemmings|author=Bobinator|work=[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]|date=2014-02-28|access-date=2022-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702190657/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lemmings/|archive-date=2022-07-02|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name=JS>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick011/page/n219|title=Tests – Awesome|language=fr|author=Artemus|magazine=[[Joystick (magazine)|Joystick]]|date=December 1990|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=11|pages=220–221}}</ref>
<ref name=micomBASIC>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1992-04/page/n231|title=新作ソフト Data Base|language=ja|trans-title=New Software Data Base|magazine=micomBASIC|date=April 1992|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=4|page=232}}</ref>
<ref name=TheOne>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/theone-magazine-27/TheOne_27_Dec_1990#page/n146|title=Review: Awesome|last=Houghton|first=Gordon|magazine=[[The One (magazine)|The One]]|date=December 1990|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=27|pages=147–148}}</ref>
<ref name=Z64>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/zzap64-magazine-069/ZZap_64_Issue_069_1991_Jan#page/n96|title=Zzap! Test!: Awesome|magazine=[[Zzap!64]]|date=January 1991|access-date=2022-07-03|issue=69|page=97}}</ref>
}}
===Works cited===
* {{cite book|url=https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Games/AWESOME%20-%20Manual-DE-ENG-FR-IT.pdf|title=Awesome manual|author=[[Reflections Interactive]]|publisher=[[Psygnosis]]|date=1990|access-date=2022-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703004702/https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Games/AWESOME%20-%20Manual-DE-ENG-FR-IT.pdf|archive-date=2022-07-03|url-status=live}}
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