Phantom Club

Phantom Club is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Ocean in 1987 for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.

Developer(s)Dusko Dimitrijevic, Dragoljub Andjelkovic
Publisher(s)Ocean Software
Platform(s)Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
Release1987
Genre(s)Arcade adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

Plutus the Zelator, the lowest-ranked member of the Phantom Club of superheroes, must defeat Zarg and the other evil superheroes.

Gameplay

The player controls Plutus the Zelator in his mission against Zarg and his minions. Plutus is armed with a freeze-ray to defend himself and complete his mission. A variety of hostile superheroes will try to kill him, each with different powers. Some of these enemies are indestructible and must be avoided. In addition, Plutus must avoid carnivorous plants, spiders, hostile robots, and other dangerous objects and creatures.

Useful objects encountered include:

  • Spheres, which award extra lives
  • Diamonds, extra speed
  • Tubes, allow the game to be saved
  • Movie Screens, when shot give details of additional missions

Plutus increases in rank as he progresses in the mission; when he reaches the rank of Ipsisimus he is ready to challenge Zarg.

Phantom Club Rankings
  1. Zelator
  2. Teoricus
  3. Practicus
  4. Philosophosus
  5. Adeptus Minor
  6. Adeptus Major
  7. Adeptus Exemptis
  8. Magister Templi
  9. Magus
  10. Ipsisimus (Overlord)

Trivia
  • The game bears similarities to M.O.V.I.E. which was produced by the same authors.

Reviews
  • Sinclair User: "... Phantom Club is pretty hard on the eyes because some of the colour choices are terrible - would you believe white on green, or purple on white?"[1]
gollark: I like to insult people in ways which leave them confused and wondering if they've been insulted.
gollark: Wasn't it also that they proved very defensible somehow?
gollark: Twice, I think.
gollark: Australia went to war with emus and lost.
gollark: (I managed to get around that and do *some* amount by signing up to the fitness thing at school as my sports option (you are required to pick one), which obligates me to do some stuff once a week when that's on, but this doesn't really generalize)

References
  1. "Phantom Club Review", Sinclair User, February 1988
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