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Strontium Dog series

Strontium Dog: The Killing

Mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha joins a contest where murderers and other notorious criminals fight to the death to get a piece of the action - and the bounty.

1 September 1984

Strontium Dog: The Killing is an arcade developed by Channel 8 Software, released 1 September 1984 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Strontium Dog: The Killing is

Strontium Dog: The Killing is an arcade game developed by Channel 8 Software and released in 1984. It was published by Quicksilva. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha joins a contest where murderers and other notorious criminals fight to the death to get a piece of the action - and the bounty.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Strontium Dog series

Strontium Dog: The Killing is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Strontium Dog series. The next entry was Strontium Dog and the Death Gauntlet in 1984.

See all 2 Strontium Dog games in release order →

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When did Strontium Dog: The Killing come out?
Strontium Dog: The Killing was released on 1 September 1984 for ZX Spectrum.

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