Badlands

Information

Genre

Racing - Cars

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1, 2 (sim.), Demo

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Costas, Barry

Graphic Artist(s)

[unknown]

Game design

Atari Games [company]

Musician(s)

Furniss, Matt

Sound FX

[unknown]

Year

1990

Publisher

Hit Squad (The)

Distributor

Ocean Software

Developer

Teque Software Development

Licensed from

Atari Games / Tengen

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, 0.5MB

Version

[Re-release]

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 23 · Downloads: 2,938 · Hits: 6,060

Screenshots (26)

Trivia (2)

Origins

Based on Atari Games 1989 coin-op.

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (12/1990), ZX Spectrum (1/1991), Amstrad CPC (1/1991)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (10/1990), Amiga (10/1990)

Book / Magazine Reviews (3)

ST Action · November, 1990 · Rating: 68%

ST Format · January, 1991 · Rating: 72%

ACE · February, 1991 · Rating: 780/1000

Comments (1)

• the big m — 25 Nov 2023

  Really nice arcade port. Fun music track by Furniss. Great graphics. It is a bit challenging, but fun playability. Highly recommended!