Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling · 1987

Alcon

Published by Taito Software · Developed by Abersoft

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Mouse
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): [unknown]
Graphic Artist(s): [unknown]
Game design: Taito
Musician(s): Whittaker, David
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1987
Publisher: Taito Software
Distributor: -
Developer: Abersoft
Licensed from: Taito
Country: USA
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, Falcon030, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 9.0/10 · Votes: 8 · Downloads: 4,013 · Hits: 11,478

Additional Comments

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

Screenshots (7)

Alcon — screenshot 1

Alcon — screenshot 2

Alcon — screenshot 3

Alcon — screenshot 4

Alcon — screenshot 5

Alcon — screenshot 6

Alcon — screenshot 7

Ads (1)

Operation Wolf / Arkanoid / Alcon / Bubble Bobble · 1988

Trivia (1)

Origins

Based on Taito 1986 coin-op.

Comments (1)

IntoTheVerticalBlank — 3 Jul 2022
A Taito Arcade conversion. Choose between music or SFX, The music is quite good. This is a DIFFICULT and kind of drab looking Vertical shooter, The scrolling is quite good, but your ship is equipped with no shields and one hit cheapies abound in this game world. Collect the stars left when you shoot enemy and the next power up will highlight in the bottom display when you can add it, Press the space bar to add them to your ship, but be warned, that pressing of the space bar will mean taking you hand from the joystick and inevitably you will get shot down. If you are careful and collect enough power and you can play for a while, but it will take practice getting there. A nice diversion, but there are much better games of this type to play on the ST. Get a cheat and it might be more fun to see where it all goes. Hint: get the speed up and side weapons as fast as you can and hold on for ear life.