''Deliverance'' is a

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developed and published by 21st Century Entertainment in 1992 for the

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and

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, and in 1993 for

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. It is a remake of the 1990

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game '' Deliverance: Stormlord II'', featuring new graphics and sound as well as a changed gameplay system and a different plot. A version for the

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was planned but never released.

Gameplay

The Amiga, Atari ST and Macintosh versions are different from the original

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game, bearing similarity in its graphical style and gameplay to the 1991 game ''

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''. The final section of the game involves riding on back of an undead dragon.

Plot

Stormlord has succeeded in his mission to free the realm's fairies, but failed to slay the wicked Queen Bahd, who managed to escape and vanished. Eventually, after many years of peace and harmony, Bahd has returned, this time in league with

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himself. With his help, she has again kidnapped the fairies, and so Stormlord has to return and finish the job he originally set out to do. His task is to locate, free and then deliver the imprisoned fairies from Satan's Palace, through the Pits of Hell and the Enchanted Forest, to the devil-ridden skies of Heaven, where he can use the amassed power of the rescued fairy-folk to defeat the forces of evil once and for all.

Reception

The game was well received, including being awarded the monthly awards of "Gamer Gold" by ''

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'' and "CU Screen Star" by ''

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'' said in March 1994 that the Mac version "will entertain action- and strategy gamers for hours with its superb graphics and challenging gameplay". ''

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'' gave the Amiga version of ''Deliverance'' an overall score of 81%, heavily comparing it to ''

'', beginning their review by stating "''Deliverance'' does bear a distressing likeness to the Bitmaps' arcade epic - the first level is such a carbon copy that you wonder how they expect to get away with it" but express that "Later levels, however, show there's a lot more graphical variety to ''Deliverance'' than ''Gods'' - and it doesn't stop there. I'd go as far to say that ''Deliverance'' is a more playable and enjoyable game." ''The One'' praises ''Deliverance's'' gameplay, stating that it is "fast, frenetic, absolutely chock full of hard-nosed axe-chucking action and lovely to look at ... the no-nonsense baddy-battling and exploration action makes ''Deliverance'' easily one of the best arcade adventures I've seen this year." ''The One'' furthermore remarks that "''Deliverance'' is packed to the brim with good ideas and neat touches." ''The One'' criticises the final level, calling it "a real departure from the first three" and describe its gameplay as "a lacklustre slow-scrolling shoot-'em-up ... As a shoot'em-up it's a rather poor effort, and seems a bit out of place", and also describes ''Deliverance'' as "nothing spectacularly original".

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