Vortex (Amiga video game) explained

Vortex
Developer:	Visionary Design Technologies
Publisher:	Visionary Design Technologies^[1]
Released:	November 1989^[2]
Platforms:	Amiga

Vortex is a 1989 video game for the Amiga.^[3] The game is similar to the game Ebonstar.^[4]

Gameplay

The player must keep anything from entering the swirling vortex in the middle of the screen, using a mouse to control movement and avoid walls.^[5]

Development

The game was developed by Visionary Design Technologies (VDT for short)^[3] a company based in Canada that was founded by Randy Linden.^[2] It was announced in May 1989.^[4] The title was written by Andy Hook who also worked on Datastorm,^[2] a game that was also developed by VDT.^[6]

Reception

Juris Graney for the Australian Commodore and Amiga Review said "Overall the game is great. Sound effects and music are tastefully done and the graphics are excellent. If you, like me, are getting a little tired of the continuous line of look-alike punch-em-ups and shoot-em-ups that are being paraded to us, then Vortex may be just what you are looking for"^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visionary Design Technologies. Compute's Amiga Resource. 28. August 1989. November 12, 2022.
2. Web site: Sodan stormer videre. Amiga Interface. da. 18,19. 1989. November 12, 2022.
3. Web site: Von einem, der auszog, dem Drachen das Fürchten zu lehren. Joystick. de. 82,82. June 1989. November 12, 2022.
4. Web site: Vortex Preview. .info. 57,65. May 1989. November 12, 2022.
5. Web site: Vortex. Compute!. 61,62. April 1990. November 14, 2022.
6. Web site: Bleem: How The Playstation Was Emulated - The Retro Hour EP190. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307174321/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=03J1P0udsKc. YouTube. 29:30. March 7, 2023. September 13, 2019. March 7, 2023.
7. Web site: Vortex. Australian Commodore and Amiga Review. 73. August 1990. November 12, 2022.