Foundations Waste

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Bysh, Martin, Elliston, Erroll

Graphic Artist(s)

Tomkins, Alan

Game design

Bysh, Martin, Elliston, Erroll

Musician(s)

Beben, Wally

Sound FX

[unknown]

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1988

Publisher

Exocet Software

Distributor

-

Developer

[n/a]

Licensed from

-

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

2

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.0/10 · Votes: 3 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 7,020

Screenshots (7)

Cover Art (4)

Ads (1)

Trivia (3)

Arcade Cabinet

In 1988 a company called East Midlands Leisure built an 1040ST based arcade cabinets called INTEC Video Systems costing £1400 each with two games included. Launch games were Foundations Waste from Exocet Software and Trantor - The Last Stormtrooper from US Gold

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 8 (8/1988)
Months on charts: 2 between 8/1988 - 9/1988

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

ST Action · July, 1988 · Rating: 59 %

Comments (1)

• 8bitjeff — 5 Aug 2015

  Great, early example of a well programmed full scrolling ST Action Game.