Death or Glory (video game)

The player pilots a "spacedozer" destroying empty space stations,^[2] and asteroids from space highways.^[3] The player is given work orders to investigate a remote location that turns out to be an alien invasion.^[2] The player is forced to engage the fleet before it arrives at their home island planet of New Stratford.^[4]

The player pilots a spacedozer that they use to destroy individual alien ships or pieces of alien mothership.^[5][4] The player can use the fire button to drop bombs and rip through the mothership's hull or ram enemy ships to destroy them.^[2][6]

Sinclair User gave Death or Glory 6/10 and called it fun but lacking any stand-out features, describing it as "nothing really to complain about". The reviewer noted original theme, good graphics and controls.^[4] Commodore Computing International rated the game "crisp" and acknowledged that the game wasn't "half bad". They noted graphics and gameplay as stronger points.^[7] Your Sinclair gave the game 4/10 and advised readers to avoid the game.^[5] Zzap64! rated the game at 37%, calling it an "average attempt" and giving particularly low scores to lastability and value. They described it as decently presented, however with repetitive and uninteresting gameplay.^[2] Aktueller Software Markt gave the game's demo version's graphics and sound 8/10, and noted it for decent gameplay. They remarked that CLR had produced better games.^[3] In a review of Alien Destruction Set, Ahoy! describe the graphics as nice and gameplay as entertaining.^[6] Reviewers noted lack of instructions and feedback for using the attack button to damage the mothership.^[4][5] Reviewers also noted game's over-hyped promotional material, which did not translate to gameplay.^[3][7]