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{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Onslaught
|image = Onslaught Coverart.png
|caption = 
|developer = Realms<br>[[Arc Developments]] (MS-DOS)<br>Nextgrand (Mega Drive)
|publisher = [[Hewson Consultants]]<br>Ballistic (Mega Drive)
|designer = 
|engine = 
|released = 1989
|genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]], [[iOS]], [[Xbox 360]]
}}

'''''Onslaught''''' is a video game that was released by [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]] in 1989 for the [[Amiga]] and subsequently [[porting|ported]] to the [[Atari ST]], [[MS-DOS]], and [[Mega Drive]]. The game is a fantasy-themed [[platform game]] with an eerie soundtrack and graphic violence.

''Onslaught'' was re-released for [[iOS]] in December 2008 and for the [[Xbox 360]] in January 2009 for the [[Xbox 360]] via [[Xbox Live]].

==Plot==
{{quote|The land of Gargore is a mass of warring kingdoms, containing 16 different cults, 16 different types of enemy troops and 8 types of locations. However, even the mightiest army fears a 'fanatic', a solitary warrior who lives to fight and conquer and is remembered according to the number of his victories and the greatness of his deeds. You are one such Fanatic, a magical warrior with the strength of an army, the might of a thousand men. Now is your chance to achieve fame and glory for yourself in the battle scarred land of Gargore. Defeat the ravaging hordes of monsters, conquer the world and bring peace to the warring kingdoms. Good luck – it won't be easy!|''Onslaught'' packaging<ref name='OnslaughtBoxscanBack'>{{cite web|url=http://hol.abime.net/hol_popup_picture.php?id=WW05NGMyTmhiaTh5TXpBeExUSTBNREF2TWpNd05sOWliM2cyTG1wd1p3PT02ZVY0VDI1emJHRjFaMmgwSUMwZ1FtOTRJSE5qWVc0Z2JyQTI2ZVY0TmpRdzZlVjRPRE13NmVWNFltOTRjMk5oYmk4eU16QXhMVEkwTURBdk1qTXdObDlpYjNnMkxtcHdadz09NmVWNE16SXc2ZVY0U1cxaFoyVk5ZV2RwWTJzPQ==&zoom=1 |title=Onslaught |access-date=2009-02-25 |date=1989 |work=Onslaught Packaging |publisher=[[Hewson Consultants]]}}</ref>}}

==Gameplay==
Gameplay takes place in three sections. First, a territory to attack is selected from the campaign screen; next the player is taken to the territory, where he battles through hordes of themed aggressors on a [[Side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] landscape to reach a castle, which he must also conquer; finally the player faces the master of the castle – a wizard with four spell-casting tentacle arms – whom he must defeat by firing magic at him whilst avoiding the spells that the wizard fires back. On defeating the master of the castle the player wins the territory and returns to the campaign screen to select the next territory to attack.

==Reception==
''Onslaught'' received mixed reviews on its release. Whilst ''[[The Games Machine]]'' gave it a score of 95% and rated it a "Top Game"<ref name='TGMReview'>{{cite news | title=Onslaught | date=December 1989 | publisher=[[Newsfield Publications Ltd]] | url =http://amr.abime.net/review_33800 | work =[[The Games Machine]] | pages =72–73 | access-date = 2009-02-25}}</ref> and [[Zzap!64|Zzap!]] scored it 85%,<ref name='Zzap!Review'>{{cite news | first=Stuart | last=Wynne |author2=Hogg, Robin | title=Onslaught | date=February 1990 | publisher=Newsfield Publications Ltd | url =http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=58&page=71&magazine=zzap | work =[[Zzap!64|Zzap!]] | pages =71 | access-date = 2009-02-25}}</ref> ''Your Amiga'' gave it 54%,<ref name='YourAmigaReview'>{{cite news | first=Gordon | last=Hamlett | title=Onslaught | date=January 1990 | url =http://amr.abime.net/amr_popup_picture.php?src=your_amiga/magscans/ya_1990_01/031.jpg&c=75778&n=1&filesize=501145 | work =Your Amiga | pages =31 | access-date = 2009-02-25}}</ref> and Sweden's Datormagazin awarded it just 3/10.<ref name='Datormagazin'>{{cite news | first=Mathias | last=Thinsz | title=Onslaught | date=January 1990 | url =http://guildserver.co.uk/AMR/dator/dm_1990_01_1990-02/008.jpg | work =Datormagazin | pages =8 | access-date = 2009-02-25 | language = sv}}</ref> ''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]'' placed the game at #8 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time.<ref>Mega magazine issue #1, page 85, [[Future Publishing]], Oct 1992</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{abime|id=2306}}
* {{moby game|id=/onslaught_|name=''Onslaught''}}

[[Category:1989 video games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Atari ST games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Hewson Consultants games]]
[[Category:IOS games]]
[[Category:Piko Interactive games]]
[[Category:Sega Genesis games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Video games set in castles]]
[[Category:Xbox 360 games]]
[[Category:Arc Developments games]]