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Elvira: The Arcade Game

Elvira: The Arcade Game

Credits
Released: 1991 (33 years ago)
Publisher: Flair SoftwareInfo / Logos
Coder: Ian Davison
Graphics: Mark Sample
Philip Nixon
Musician: Adam GilmoreInfo / Photo
Information
Main Control:Joystick (Port 2)
Players:1 Only
Language:English, German, Italian
Retail Price:£9.99 Tape
£14.99 Disk
Tape Loader
Novaload
Used in Flair Software release
Categorization
Genre:Arcade, Miscellaneous
Tags:Action, Side view, Platform, Horror, Licensed
Relationship
Misc relation:Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus (English)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (English)
YouTube Links
Longplay video (EU) 1:08:29
World of Longplays on Sep 15, 2021
Magazine Reviews
Commodore Format, issue 15 (dec 91), p32
Flair Software full-price release
82%
Zzap!64, issue 80 (jan 92), p57
Flair Software full-price release
40%
Average magazine rating:
Based on 2 magazine reviews
61%

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8 Comments

FrightmareFrightmare 2023-11-066/10 (6/10)
The worst thing are the controls of Elvira; she kinda floats when jumping, making it a bit of a chore to reach the correct platforms without falling into the fire pits and such. Also, her firepower is weak and slow, making it pretty useless against the enemies. Graphics are alright, even though the main sprite is particularly blocky and could have been drawn better. In general it would have needed a lot of polishing but it's a decent platformer/arcade. Music is absolutely amazing, especially the tune on the main screen.
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riviero2riviero2 2008-10-276/10 (6/10)
Hooky platform a'la Rastan Saga with blocky sprites and used backgrounds.
It could be OK despite that, the main problem is the ugly, too slow controls invalidating defences.
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stooart 2005-12-216/10 (6/10)
Played this for hours on the old commy but me and my bro could never do both levels! Was an OK platformer with not too bad graphics. :)
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HaploHaplo 2005-12-16
I always wondered if Elvira felt cold in the snowy levels with that (lack of) clothes.
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neptune 2005-01-15
Yeah most games that don't run properly on emulators must be run on the TDE so it'll work like a real C64.

good game btw
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Zel 2004-09-178/10 (8/10)
It runs with Vice but you must load it in true drive emulation mode (slow loading).
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Gawain 2003-07-17
Seems not to run with the emulator.

On my original C64 it runs without any problems.
Tommy 2001-12-30
Doesn't start

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Other Platforms

Also released for DOS.