Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional · 1987

Moonbase

Published by Atari Corporation · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional
Language: [unknown]
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard
Players: 1, Demo
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Smaje, John
Graphic Artist(s): Smaje, John, Cain, Steven, Holland, Martin
Game design: Smaje, John
Musician(s): MacKenzie, Alistair
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1987
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Distributor: Atari (UK)
Developer: [n/a]
Licensed from: -
Software: English
License: Game Demo or Preview - Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB
Version: [preview]
Number of Disks: 1, Double Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.2/10 · Votes: 6 · Downloads: 1,210 · Hits: 1,881

Additional Comments

Preview version features different title screen and title music from the commercial release version.

Many thanks to Curt Vendel for dumping this game from a former Atari developer's hard drive.

Screenshots (9)

Trivia (5)

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Sound

Features digitized title soundtrack at 13.1KHz

Development

Disk reveals some copy protection source code

Graphics

Features up to 36 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)

Features parallax-scrolling (in-game)

Releases

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

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

ST Action · September, 1988 · Rating: 44 %