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Atari ST - 16 Blitz Tronix - 1991

Xenon

Xenon — screenshot 11 / 6
Genre
Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
Year
1991
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
16 Blitz Tronix
Controls
Joystick
Distributor
Virgin Mastertronic
Players
1 / Demo / 2 (alt.)
Developer
Bitmap Brothers
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Kelly, Steve
Country
United KingdomFranceGermanyItaly
Graphic Artist(s)
Montgomery, Mike / Coleman, Mark
Software
English
Game design
Kelly, Steve
Box/Instructions
English / French / German / Italian
Musician(s)
Whittaker, David
License
Commercial
Sound FX
Whittaker, David
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe, TT / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
[Re-release]
Dump
Missing dump(s)
Number of Disks
Dump format
Protection

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (4)

VIDEOS (1)

Xenon introduction

ARTICLE (3)

Bitmap Brothers interview

TIPS (1)

TRIVIA (4)

Origins

Working title for the game was Kelly X

Sound

If you locate the file SPEECH.DAT from the game disk, copy it to another disk, and change the suffix to PRG or TOS, you can launch the program and press keys from Q - T to play different speech samples from the game.

Awards

Microcomputer Industry Awards: Best Sound 1988

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 2 (5/1988)
Months on charts: 4 between 5/1988 - 8/1988

BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (2)

ST Action · May, 1988Rating: 85 %
ST Format · April, 1991Rating: 70%