Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - 3-D · 1988

Overlander

Published by Elite · Developed by PMS Systems

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - 3-D
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Pegg, Daren
Graphic Artist(s): Tattersall, Pete, Tonge, Gary
Game design: Cook, Simon
Musician(s): Brooke, Jason C.
Sound FX: Brooke, Jason C.
Year: 1988
Publisher: Elite
Developer: PMS Systems
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, French, German
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, TT, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.2/10 · Votes: 25 · Downloads: 3,205 · Hits: 12,964

Additional Comments

See Klaz' Hideaway adaptions for Atari hard disk, TT, Falcon and more: Spiced up games

Screenshots (9)

Cover Art (3)

Instructions (6)

Ads (1)

Tips (2)

Trivia (2)

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 7 (11/1988)
Months on charts: 2 between 11/1988 - 12/1988

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 · October, 1988 · Rating: 69%

Comments (5)

Petari — 20 Aug 2018
I found the exact problem and fixed it. Programmer just forgot to clean low RAM, and that had some unwanted content in case of TOS 1.04, 1.06/62 . http://atari.8bitchip.info/ASTGA/O/overland.php
Petari — 19 Aug 2018
Good observation Marakatti. Although, it is TOS 1.02 on which it works (1.00 too, I guess). On 1.04 fails, even on ST. I will look into it better, because this is interesting case - game uses TOS to load files, after starting play part TOS is not called anymore .
marakatti — 19 Aug 2018
Could it be more like an STe incompatibility issue? I booted the image three times on STf / TOS 1.2UK and it never went to a debugger after completing the first level. On STe / TOS 1.62 it crashes after a while. That's why it has been marked as ST only in the database.
Petari — 17 Aug 2018
This release (STX image) is buggy. It crashes after short play. What is good is in Power Pack compilation.
Fredrik Olsson — 17 Feb 2012
A very hard game, I remember only reaching level two for years. But something kept me coming back to this gem, and many hours later I beat the game, with skill!