Arcade / Arcade - Gauntlet · 1992

Puffy's Saga

Published by Hit Squad (The) · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Arcade - Gauntlet
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Sablatou, Claude
Graphic Artist(s): Sablatou, Claude
Game design: Sablatou, Claude
Musician(s): [n/a]
Sound FX: Sablatou, Claude
Year: 1992
Publisher: Hit Squad (The)
Distributor: Ocean Software
Developer: [n/a]
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, 0.5MB
Version: [Re-release]
Number of Disks: 1, Double Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.0/10 · Votes: 4 · Downloads: 2,263 · Hits: 4,102

Screenshots (9)

Cover Art (3)

Tips (2)

Trivia (2)

Version differences

The original release of Puffy's Saga is not STe compatible. This issue was fixed however when Hit Squad released a one disk budget version of the game.

In February 2025 Steve at AtariCrypt discovered a Blitter chip updated version of the game, that gets rid of the push scrolling, unfortunately familiar with many ST games.
Blitter version instead offers greater playability with proper scrolling.

It is yet unknown in which year the Blitter upgraded version was released as all three dumps made from retail versions we have tested do not activate Blitter.

Blitter activated Puffy's Saga can be downloaded from example
Peter Putnik's Hard Disk adapted games page

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 (3)

The One · January, 1989 · Rating: 69 %

Atari User (Spain) · Setiembre, 1989 · Rating: 75%

ST Action · January, 1989 · Rating: 64%