Flak (video game)

The game received mixed to poor reviews. In ANALOG Computing, Steve Panak called Flak "the worst mistake your wallet ever made" and advised readers to "avoid it like radioactive waste",^[2] while Electronic Games called it "a challenging game that requires some almost impossibly fine maneuvering".^[3] Your Spectrum called the game a rip-off of Xevious and gave a score of 0.8/5.^[4]

Commodore User was more lenient, giving the game a 3/5 in "value for money" and praising the presentation, though complaining about excessive difficulty, disappointing sound, and long load times.^[5] Writing for TV Gamer, J.P. Thompson praised the Commodore 64 version's "ultra-smooth scrolling" and called it "a truly addictive game". The review, which gave it a 3.5/5, cited the game's difficulty as something that would have players "staying up most of the night attempting to reach [its] penultimate phase".^[6] Contrary to other contemporary reviews, Personal Computer Games remarked that the Atari 8-bit version is "too easy" and therefore "lacks any truly addictive qualities", giving it a 6/10.^[7]

• Flak at Gamebase 64
• Flak at Lemon 64
• Advertisement in the November 1984 issue of Computer Games