Tornado Low Level
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Tornado Low Level (also known as T.L.L.) is a multidirectional flight game developed by Costa Panayi and published in 1984 by the company he co-founded, Vortex Software. The game was first released for the ZX Spectrum, and later ported to the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.
Tornado Low Level | |
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Developer(s) | Costa Panayi |
Publisher(s) | Vortex Software, Ocean Software |
Designer(s) | Costa Panayi |
Programmer(s) | ZX Spectrum Costa Panayi Amstrad CPC David Aubrey-Jones Commodore 64 Simon Nicol |
Platform(s) | |
Release | 1984: Spectrum, C64 1985: Amstrad |
Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game has the player control a Panavia Tornado fighter jet, tasked to destroy targets throughout the map. Tornado Low Level received positive reviews for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions by video game critics, both on release and in retrospective reviews. The game was also a commercial success, with the Spectrum version debuting at number three on Personal Computer Games' top fifty charts. The success of the game led to a sequel titled Cyclone, which featured a similar graphical style and similar play.