Highlander is a 1986 fighting game developed by Canvas and published by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 , and Amstrad CPC home computers. It is based on the 1986 film of the same name . Highlander was panned by reviewers.
30-469: (Redirected from Highlanders ) [REDACTED] Look up Highlander , Highlanders , highlander , or highlanders in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures [ edit ] Gorals (lit. Highlanders ), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia Gorani people (lit. Highlanders ),
60-599: A 2007 spin-off animated film Television series [ edit ] Highlander: The Series (1992-1998) Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999) Highlander: The Animated Series Games [ edit ] Highlander (video game) , a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods , a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD Highlander: The Card Game ,
90-443: A 2007 spin-off animated film Television series [ edit ] Highlander: The Series (1992-1998) Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999) Highlander: The Animated Series Games [ edit ] Highlander (video game) , a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods , a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD Highlander: The Card Game ,
120-1903: A Canadian basketball team based in Nova Scotia Mbabane Highlanders F.C. , a Swazi football (soccer) club New York Highlanders , an American baseball team later renamed New York Yankees College [ edit ] Cairn University Highlanders, Langhorne, Pennsylvania NJIT Highlanders , New Jersey Institute of Technology Radford Highlanders , Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US University of California, Riverside Highlanders Houghton College Highlanders, Houghton, New York High school, preparatory and other secondary schools [ edit ] Doherty Memorial High School , Worcester, Massachusetts Glenvar High School , Roanoke County, Virginia Governor Livingston High School , Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey Heathwood Hall Episcopal School , Columbia, South Carolina Herricks High School , Searingtown, New York Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin) Howell High School (Howell, Michigan) Lake Highland Preparatory School , Orlando, Florida MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma) McLean High School , McLean, Virginia Northern Highlands Regional High School , Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey Northwestern Regional High School , Winsted, Connecticut Oak Hills High School , Bridgetown, Ohio Rochester Adams High School , Rochester Hills, Michigan The Woodlands High School , The Woodlands, Texas Thomas McKean High School , Wilmington, Delaware West Morris Central High School , Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey Royal High School , Simi Valley, California Granada Hills Charter , Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California Vehicles [ edit ] H1ghlander , an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for
150-1816: A Canadian basketball team based in Nova Scotia Mbabane Highlanders F.C. , a Swazi football (soccer) club New York Highlanders , an American baseball team later renamed New York Yankees College [ edit ] Cairn University Highlanders, Langhorne, Pennsylvania NJIT Highlanders , New Jersey Institute of Technology Radford Highlanders , Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US University of California, Riverside Highlanders Houghton College Highlanders, Houghton, New York High school, preparatory and other secondary schools [ edit ] Doherty Memorial High School , Worcester, Massachusetts Glenvar High School , Roanoke County, Virginia Governor Livingston High School , Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey Heathwood Hall Episcopal School , Columbia, South Carolina Herricks High School , Searingtown, New York Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin) Howell High School (Howell, Michigan) Lake Highland Preparatory School , Orlando, Florida MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma) McLean High School , McLean, Virginia Northern Highlands Regional High School , Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey Northwestern Regional High School , Winsted, Connecticut Oak Hills High School , Bridgetown, Ohio Rochester Adams High School , Rochester Hills, Michigan The Woodlands High School , The Woodlands, Texas Thomas McKean High School , Wilmington, Delaware West Morris Central High School , Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey Royal High School , Simi Valley, California Granada Hills Charter , Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California Vehicles [ edit ] H1ghlander , an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for
180-885: A Gaelic-language political newspaper based in Scotland The Highlander , the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside The Highlander , the student newspaper of David Douglas High School , Portland, Oregon Entertainment [ edit ] Highlander franchise [ edit ] Highlander (franchise) , a franchise of films, television series and other media Highlander (comics) Highlander books Films [ edit ] Highlander (film) , 1986 Highlander II: The Quickening , 1991 Highlander III: The Sorcerer ( Highlander III: The Final Dimension ), 1994 Highlander: Endgame , 2000 Highlander: The Source , 2007 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance ,
210-623: A collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc Highlander: The Game , a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise Other entertainment [ edit ] Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2 Highlander (Bakufu Slump album) Highlander, the original name of the Swedish power metal band Lost Horizon (band) Military [ edit ] Highland regiments Category:Highland regiments ,
240-510: A collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc Highlander: The Game , a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise Other entertainment [ edit ] Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2 Highlander (Bakufu Slump album) Highlander, the original name of the Swedish power metal band Lost Horizon (band) Military [ edit ] Highland regiments Category:Highland regiments ,
270-511: A group inhabiting the triangle between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia Hill people , who live in hills and mountains Merina people , an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar Montagnard (Vietnam) , various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam Pahari people (disambiguation) , various ethnic groups from the Himalayas Boykos , an ethnolinguistic Rusyn subgroup Malësor or Malok (lit. Highlanders ),
300-462: A hybrid domestic cat Highlander Research and Education Center , New Market, Tennessee a statue on the monument at Glenfinnan , Scotland a statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel) , France Highlander (Hansa-Park) , gyro drop tower at Hansa-Park See also [ edit ] Highland (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
330-462: A hybrid domestic cat Highlander Research and Education Center , New Market, Tennessee a statue on the monument at Glenfinnan , Scotland a statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel) , France Highlander (Hansa-Park) , gyro drop tower at Hansa-Park See also [ edit ] Highland (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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#1732764798079360-672: A list of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition Highlanders, nickname of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , a light armored U.S. Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California HMS Highlander (H44) , a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II Sports [ edit ] The Highlander, a former Mountain marathon in Scotland Teams and school nicknames [ edit ] Professional [ edit ] Highlanders (rugby union) ,
390-537: A list of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition Highlanders, nickname of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , a light armored U.S. Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California HMS Highlander (H44) , a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II Sports [ edit ] The Highlander, a former Mountain marathon in Scotland Teams and school nicknames [ edit ] Professional [ edit ] Highlanders (rugby union) ,
420-484: A lower screen resolution and in more colors than the Spectrum. Ashens expresses that "the Spectrum's monochrome rendering leaves them an incomprehensible mess". Ashens heavily criticises its gameplay and graphics, expressing that the combat "feels futile" and stating that "on starting the game, the first thing to hit you is how incredibly ugly the characters are ... Astoundingly, it plays even worse than it looks. None of
450-712: A person from Malësia (highlands) in Albania a person from the Ethiopian Highlands a person from the Scottish Highlands Montañés (lit. Highlanders ), the people of Cantabria in northern Spain Southern Highlanders, the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States Publications [ edit ] The Highlander , a book written by James Macpherson The Highlander (newspaper) ,
480-745: A rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series The Highlanders (professional wrestling) , a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Highlanders F.C. , a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club Highland Football League , one of three senior non-league football (soccer) leagues in Scotland Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) ,
510-426: A rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series The Highlanders (professional wrestling) , a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Highlanders F.C. , a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club Highland Football League , one of three senior non-league football (soccer) leagues in Scotland Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) ,
540-422: Is an arcade fighting game in which the player controls one of two swordsmen. In the single-player mode , the player plays as Connor MacLeod and must fight three opponents in one-on-one combat: his mentor Ramírez , then Fizir (named Fasil in the film), before finally facing The Kerghan (named The Kurgan in the film). In each fight the objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero, at which point he
570-447: Is beheaded and the player wins the fight. A two-player mode is also available. Crash gave the Spectrum version an overall score of 57%, calling its gameplay "clunky" and "trite", graphics "chunky" and 'unimpressive', and all three reviewers described Highlander as "boring", with one reviewer summarizing the game as "totally boring and quite unplayable". In addition to Sinclair User 's "golden turkey" award, Sinclair User gave
600-681: The DARPA Grand Challenge Highlander (dinghy) , a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company AirLony Highlander , a Czech ultralight biplane Toyota Highlander , a sport utility vehicle MV Highlanders , Canadian ferry Royal Highlander , a former passenger train traveling between London and Inverness, Scotland Other uses [ edit ] Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish alpine skier nicknamed "the Highlander" Highlander cat ,
630-481: The DARPA Grand Challenge Highlander (dinghy) , a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company AirLony Highlander , a Czech ultralight biplane Toyota Highlander , a sport utility vehicle MV Highlanders , Canadian ferry Royal Highlander , a former passenger train traveling between London and Inverness, Scotland Other uses [ edit ] Alain Baxter (born 1973), Scottish alpine skier nicknamed "the Highlander" Highlander cat ,
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#1732764798079660-526: The Spectrum version of Highlander an overall score of two out of five stars, calling all three levels "virtually identical", and expressed that its gameplay 'lacks finesse', summarizing Highlander's gameplay as 'slamming the joystick until you win'. Crash's sister magazine Zzap!64 gave the Commodore 64 version an overall score of 30%, thoroughly criticizing it as "slow and boring" with "blocky" graphics and "unresponsive" controls, bluntly summarizing
690-443: The central plateau of Madagascar Montagnard (Vietnam) , various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam Pahari people (disambiguation) , various ethnic groups from the Himalayas Boykos , an ethnolinguistic Rusyn subgroup Malësor or Malok (lit. Highlanders ), a person from Malësia (highlands) in Albania a person from the Ethiopian Highlands a person from the Scottish Highlands Montañés (lit. Highlanders ),
720-526: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Highlander , Highlanders , highlander , or highlanders in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures [ edit ] Gorals (lit. Highlanders ), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia Gorani people (lit. Highlanders ), a group inhabiting the triangle between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia Hill people , who live in hills and mountains Merina people , an ethnic group from
750-544: The game as a whole as a "film tie-in rip-off" with "nothing vaguely original or interesting". The ZX Spectrum version of Highlander is featured in Stuart Ashen's (also known by his online presence as Ashens) 2015 book Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of , noting that the graphics for the Spectrum release are the same as those used in the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 releases, which are designed for
780-437: The people of Cantabria in northern Spain Southern Highlanders, the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States Publications [ edit ] The Highlander , a book written by James Macpherson The Highlander (newspaper) , a Gaelic-language political newspaper based in Scotland The Highlander , the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside The Highlander ,
810-586: The student newspaper of David Douglas High School , Portland, Oregon Entertainment [ edit ] Highlander franchise [ edit ] Highlander (franchise) , a franchise of films, television series and other media Highlander (comics) Highlander books Films [ edit ] Highlander (film) , 1986 Highlander II: The Quickening , 1991 Highlander III: The Sorcerer ( Highlander III: The Final Dimension ), 1994 Highlander: Endgame , 2000 Highlander: The Source , 2007 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance ,
840-403: The sword fighting moves seem to do much ... you can't really tell who is successfully hitting whom ... Playing Highlander is one of the least entertaining ways you could possibly spend your time". Ashens calls Highlander's controls "horribly unresponsive" and moving the player character "clumsy", saying the single tactic to winning Highlander is to "mash the fire button and hope". Ashens calls
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