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{{Short description|1988 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Netherworld
|image = [[Image:Netherworld Spectrum cover.jpg|250px|Netherworld]]
|caption = Cover art
|developer = Jukka Tapanimäki
|publisher = [[Hewson Consultants]]
|designer = [[Jukka Tapanimäki]]
|released = [[1988 in video gaming|1988]]
|genre = [[Shoot 'em up]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|One player]]
|platforms = [[Commodore 64]] (original)<br>[[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari ST]],  [[MS-DOS]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
}}
'''''Netherworld''''' is a [[shoot 'em up]] [[video game]] published by Hewson in 1988. It was originally developed by [[Jukka Tapanimäki]] for the [[Commodore 64]], and original music was composed by Jori Olkkonen.
==Summary==
The object is to fly a small spacecraft and collect the required number of diamonds in each level. Once enough diamonds are collected, the craft must reach a teleporter to go to the next level before the time runs out. Aside from the time limit, there are various obstacles, ranging from monsters to items which can damage the craft or block the path. The ship can destroy some obstacles by shooting, sometimes turning them into diamonds as well.
The cover image, that features Tapanimäki's face,<ref name='retrovideogamer'>{{cite web |title=RVG Interviews Andrew Hewson|magazine=RetroVideoGamer|issue=|publisher=Zaps Media|date=23 April 2016|page=|url=https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/rvg-interviews-andrew-hewson/|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> was produced from a photograph of the programmer without his knowledge and approval.<ref name=finnishvideogames>{{cite book |last1=Kuorikoski |first1=Juho |title=Finnish Video Games: A History and Catalog |date=11 May 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9962-5 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGRiCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA12}}</ref> The original design, depicting a dwarf at the [[gates of hell]], had been shelved following a dispute between Hewson and the original cover artist.<ref name=finnishvideogames /> Tapanimäki did not see the final version produced by Hewson's local artist, Steve Weston,<ref name='retrovideogamer' />  until the press conference in London when the game was released.<ref name=finnishvideogames />
[[cheat code|Cheat codes]] published in gaming magazines which only worked in an earlier version of the code indicated that a development version of the game had leaked to pirates some six months before the release.<ref name=finnishvideogames />
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| award1Pub = ''Amstrad Action''
| award1 = Mastergame<ref>Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, [[Future Publishing]], issue 41, February 1989</ref>
}}
The Spanish magazine Microhobby awarded the game the following scores:<ref>(Spanish) [https://www.soloretro.com/spectrum/netherworld-zx-spectrum-de-hewson-consultants-1988.php Netherworld - ZX Spectrum (1988)] - article on Soloretro</ref> Originality: 80% Graphics: 80% Motion: 80% Sound: 80% Difficulty: 100% Addiction: 100%
==References==
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== External links ==
*{{lemon64 game|id=1779|name=Netherworld}}
*{{abime|id=954}}
*{{atarimania|id=10071}}
*{{WoS game|id=0003393|name=Netherworld}}
*{{in lang|fi}} [http://www.tdubel.com/emulaattorit/sc64pelit/netherworld.html ''Netherworld''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513093835/http://www.tdubel.com/emulaattorit/sc64pelit/netherworld.html |date=2006-05-13 }}, Tec Dubelin Xbox
[[Category:1988 video games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Amstrad CPC games]]
[[Category:Atari ST games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Hewson Consultants games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Finland]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]