Agent Armstrong
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{{Short description|1997 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Agent Armstrong
| image = Agent armstrong psx.jpg
| caption = PlayStation PAL cover
| developer = King of the Jungle
| publisher = Virgin Interactive
| released = PlayStation {{vgrelease|EU|18 September 1997}}{{vgrelease|JP|4 December 1997}} Windows {{vgrelease|EU|1999}}
| genre = Platform
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = PlayStation, Windows
| designer = Jolyon Myers
Raffaele Cecco
| programmer = Raffaele Cecco
}}
Agent Armstrong is a platform game for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows developed by King of the Jungle and published by Virgin Interactive.
Plot
In 1935, the British Secret Service's most respected asset, Agent Armstrong, must put a stop to a mysterious, evil organization known as the Syndicate.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/PlaystationPlusUKVolume2Issue09|title=Playstation Plus UK Volume 2 Issue 09|date=June 1997|pages=[https://archive.org/details/PlaystationPlusUKVolume2Issue09/page/n47 48]|language=en}} He has absconded from the Syndicate with plans that reveal their weaknesses. Armed with this information, he chases the Syndicate and their leader, Spats Falconetti, around the globe as they gradually take over the world.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TotalGamesAug97/page/n27|title=Total Games|last=Box Office Magazines Ltd.|date=August 1997|publisher=Box Office Magazines Ltd.|pages=29}}
Gameplay
File:Screenshot for Agent Armstrong on PS1.jpg
The game is a side-scrolling 3D platform game. Along with left to right movement, the character can also move back (away from the screen) and forwards (towards the screen). It is broken down into 30 levels taking place in various different locations such as Chicago and the Amazon. The player, armed with a gun and grenades{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_190_1997-09_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n77|title=Computer and Video Games - Issue 190 (1997-09)(EMAP Images)(GB)|last=Lomas|first=Ed|date=September 1997|pages=78}} must fight their way through various enemies and large mid-level and end-level bosses.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TotalPlaystationV204/page/n23|title=Total Playstation Volume 2 issue 4|pages=24|language=en}} In addition to simply killing enemies the game also contains mission based tasks or objectives that must be completed such as destroying Syndicate supply crates in the level.
The game also features several cutscenes and FMV sequences.
Development
The game was developed by King of the Jungle, a company founded in early 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.kingofthejungle.co.uk/company/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000623084505/http://www.kingofthejungle.co.uk/company/index.htm|title=About the company|website=King of the Jungle|archivedate=June 23, 2000|accessdate=June 11, 2025}} Jolyon Myers, one of the lead developers stated in an interview with Retro Gamer that parts of Agent Armstrong were inspired by the arcade video game ThunderJaws.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/RetroGamerUKIssue184|title=Retro Gamer UK Issue 184|pages=[https://archive.org/details/RetroGamerUKIssue184/page/n80 81]|language=en}} He also states on his portfolio website that he created the backgrounds for the game in Deluxe Paint{{Cite web|url=https://jolyonmyers.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/aa-backgrounds-b/|title=AA – Backgrounds B|date=2013-05-06|website=jolyon myers|language=en|access-date=2019-06-22}} and the cover art and other renders using 3D studio.{{Cite web|url=https://jolyonmyers.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/aa-renders/|title=AA – Renders|date=2013-05-06|website=jolyon myers|language=en|access-date=2019-06-22}} The game runs at 60 frames per second due to specially created set construction software.
Reception
Computer and Video Games magazine gave the game 2 out of 5 stating that "the action is repetitive with the same old thing to do all the way through the game.
Jeuxvideo.com gave the game 14 out of 20 in a retrospective review in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00018330-agent-armstrong-test.htm|title=Test du jeu Agent Armstrong sur PS1|website=Jeuxvideo.com|date=8 February 2012 |language=fr|access-date=2019-06-22}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20000121191029/http://www.kingofthejungle.co.uk/games/armstrong.htm}} (archived)
- [https://archive.today/20130124061430/http://uk.gamespot.com/ps/action/agentarmstrong/ Agent Armstrong at GameSpot]
- {{moby game|id=/agent-armstrong |name=Agent Armstrong}}
Category:King of the Jungle games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom