Atari ST - ACE - 1988
Alien Syndrome
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- Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional
- Year
- 1988
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- ACE
- Controls
- Joystick / Keyboard
- Distributor
- Edge
- Players
- 1 / 2 (sim.)
- Developer
- SoftTek International
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- SEGA
- Programmer(s)
- Kendall, Glyn
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Rashid, Tahir / Wallace, Noel
- Software
- English
- Game design
- Sega
- Box/Instructions
- English
- Musician(s)
- Rashid, Tahir
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- Rashid, Tahir
- Serial
- ACE23ST
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- —
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 2 / Single Sided
- Dump format
- Pasti
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (3)
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
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Disk 1
INSTRUCTIONS (1)
ADS (2)
TRIVIA (4)
Origins
Based on Sega 1986 coin-op.
Sound
Features partially digitized sound fx at 6KHz
Charts
Top UK charts position: 7 (10/1988, 12/1988)
Charts period: 9/1988 - 12/1988
Charts period: 9/1988 - 12/1988
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (4/1988), ZX Spectrum (10/1988), Amstrad CPC (10/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (6/1988), Amiga (10/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (6/1988), Amiga (10/1989)
Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (7)
ST Action · September, 1988Rating: 69%
The Games Machine · July, 1988Rating: 92%
ACE · August, 1988Rating: 511/1000
Atari ST User · September, 1988Rating: 8/10
ACE · November, 1989Rating: 3/5
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · November, 1989Rating: 79%
Zero · December, 1989Rating: 83%