Into the Eagle's Nest
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| Into the Eagle's Nest | |
|---|---|
 North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Pandora |
| Publisher(s) | Pandora Mindscape Atari Corporation |
| Producer(s) | Richard Paul Jones |
| Programmer(s) | Andrew Challis |
| Artist(s) | Robin Chapman |
| Composer(s) | Keith Harvey |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Into the Eagle's Nest is a video game developed by Pandora and published in 1987 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC compatibles, and ZX Spectrum. Atari Corporation also released a cartridge version for the Atari 8-bit computers the following year on the Atari XEGS.
Into the Eagle's Nest is a game in which the player character is an Allied soldier who must infiltrate the four castles that comprise the top-secret Nazi fortress known as the Eagle's Nest. The goal is to rescue three Allied saboteurs being held in three of the castles, recover the art treasures stolen by the Nazis, and then use explosives to destroy the fourth castle.[1]
Gameplay
The player uses a joystick for control, using the firing button to shoot the machine gun, which carries ammunition to allow for 99 shots. Nazis are killed when hit by two well-placed shots, although Nazis sitting at a table are killed with a single well-placed shot. The player can survive up to 50 shots from Nazi soldiers. Inside the castles, the player can discover crates which may contain art objects or explosives. The player can also find ammunition dumps, first-aid kits, and food in the castles.[1]
Release
The game was originally programmed by Andrew Challis for the Commodore 64, and by Kevin Parker for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum, with graphics by Robin Chapman for all formats. It was initially released in 1987 by Pandora in the United Kingdom. The game was also licensed by Mindscape for release in the United States, who handled the Apple II port by Andrew Pines and IBM PC compatible port by Visionware.
In 1988, Atari Corporation published a cartridge version for the Atari 8-bit computers as part of the Atari XEGS release line-up.