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Steve - 23/12/2015
Interesting.. I imagine they went down the blackhole of death, like everything else back then lol. Thankfully AtariMania remains and it is truly an incredible website - thank you!
marakatti - 26/11/2015
Not sure if it's the same company but according to this data it was dissolved in 1999 after last annual return made in july 1997. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02840315
Steve - 03/11/2015
Whatever happened to Caspian? I remember them featured in magazines at the time.. big plans & all that. But only two games. Albeit great games! But a shame there wasn't more :/
lotek style/tscc^ymr - 17/05/2010
Pretty nice game and I guess one of the very last commercial games on STE ever.

Screenshots - Zero-5

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Information - Zero-5

GenreShoot'em Up! - 3-DYear1995
LanguageMachine LanguagePublisherCaspian Software
ControlsJagpad, MouseDistributor-
Players1Developer[n/a]
ResolutionLowLicensed from-
Programmer(s)

Gisby, Andrew T. / Bennett, Tony
Baggaley, Sean

CountryFrance United Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)

Gisby, Andrew T.

SoftwareEnglish
Game design

Gisby, Andrew T.

Box / InstructionsEnglish
Musician(s)

Newman, David [Rhino] / Veal, James

LicenseCommercial
Sound FX

Gisby, Andrew T.

Serial
Cover Artist(s)ST TypeSTe Only, TT, Falcon030 / 1MB
MIDIVersion
Dumpdownload atari Zero-5 Download / PastiNumber of Disks3 / Double-Sided / HD Installable
ProtectionPassword

Additional Comments - Zero-5

Distributed in France by Frontier Software

See P. Putnik's site for adapted versions for hardware like HxC Floppy Emulator, Atari harddisk, TT, Falcon030 and more: The Atari ST Game Archive

Disk - Zero-5

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Ads - Zero-5

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Article - Zero-5

Andrew Gisby interview


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Trivia - Zero-5

Conversion - Atari Jaguar


Zero-5 Trivia

Development
It seems that the game was originally designed with "old" ST in mind aswell as the disk editor reveals:
'Zero-5' (c)1994,1995 Caspian Software Ltd
Active STF(m) enhancements... Digital Sound - Extended Palette 'Blitter' Chip (If fitted)
Active STE enhancements... 'Blitter' Chip - Digital Stereo Sound PCM 'Sound Scaping' - Extended Palette
Active TT enhancements... Digital Stereo Sound PCM 'Sound Scaping' - Extended Palette
Active Falcon030 enhancements... 'Blitter' Chip - Digital Stereo Sound Extended Palette


Sound
Features digitized menu soundtrack at 25KHz (stereo)
Features digitized sound fx at 50KHz (stereo)


Hardware
Supports Blitter
Supports STe DMA sound
Supports STe palette

Speech feature is available for machines over 1MB of RAM.

Atari Falcon requires 4MB of RAM to run the game.


Graphics
Features up to 36 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)


Book / Magazine Reviews - Zero-5

 ST Magazine · Juin, 1988Rating: - 

Zero-5 Atari review 

 ST Review · December, 1994Rating: Preview 

Zero-5 Atari review 

 ST Format · August, 1994Rating: Preview 

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 ST Format · January, 1995Rating: 92% 

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 ST Review · January, 1995Rating: 86% 

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 STart Micro · Juin, 1995Rating: 8/10 

Zero-5 Atari review 

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