You people claiming C64 superseded A8 are wrong! A8 was always superior and this game is one example of why but not many people spent the time/energy to take advantage of the hardware scrolls, palette switching, 64K+ memory, hardware collisions, etc. There's no hardware scrolling on Atari ST either. This game needs to fix the flicker-- it seems like a software issue.

A great game! This plattformer has everthing: Good graphics, great sound, smooth scrolling. I'm suprised the rating is under 9/10....

I've always been surprised at how low a rating (7.x) the final version of Crownland has been getting. Especially considering this is as close the A8 got to the C64 in the platform genre (unless there's a title I'm not aware of). Any opinion ?

OK, the sprites are really flickery, but the parallax scrolling is smooth and the graphics look really good as a whole (better than anything that I've seen on the C64, at any rate). The gameplay is very Mario-like, but that's not a bad thing.

If Atari games had looked like this back in the '80s, the C64 might not have superseded Atari's computers so quickly.

Great Effort, but possibly shows why this genre never caught on on the Atari 8-bit. The P/M graphics often get flickery and performance slows down in places. Could never compete with the NES

This game is a tech powerhouse. I've seen demos do some incredible stuff, but it's rare to see a playable (and fun!) game. This is more than I would have ever expected a jump-and-run to do on the Atari. Incredible work, guys!

Amazing and incredible! Bravissimo!

Awesome!

As far I can remember this game is based on a game from c-64 called Maynhem or sth like this. But still is outsatanding...Bravo!

Very Impressive ! Not only does the gameplay rock (which wasn't the strength of the earlier *Bros* by K-Soft) but the presentation is absolutely incredible. Had it been released in the eighties, this kind of title would have put the XL/XE on par with competitive platforms like the C64 and maybe even more (I don't remember early ST platformers looking as good as this one). Can't wait for the final release (and I'm ready to pay for it... ha ha !).

Oh...yes!!! Great playability, smooth animotion, a lot of emotions. I wish everyone more such games for Atari 8-bit. In my opinion --- outstanding! I am looking forward to hearing about releasing the full version of this game.