Total Recall is a 1990 platform game developed and published by Ocean Software that was released for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The game was originally developed by Active Minds for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 until the project was rebooted by Ocean Software.
"[citation needed] The game includes platform segments and top-down racing scenes, with the player controlling Douglas Quaid.
"[2] Amiga Format rated the game 77% and said "A solid, polished package, only its late arrival, due to slipping in the schedules, deprived it of a full review.
A reviewer from German magazine Power Play rated the NES version 39% and questioned Quaid's intelligence, "trying to get rid of every bad guy on the right path and lure them into dark alleys only to offer a boring fight".
Steve Harris called it "a new low" for NES games due to its poor graphics and weak action, and Ed Semrad regarded it as a shocking disappointment given publisher Acclaim Entertainment's strong track record at the time.
"[6] The One gave the Amiga version of Total Recall an overall score of 70%, noting it as having 'limited lastability' due to its gameplay 'feeling the same throughout', but expressed that it's "inconsistent difficulty" provided variety.
[15] The game reached number 2 in the UK ZX Spectrum sales charts, behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.