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Atari ST - Image Works - 1989

Xenon II - Megablast

Xenon II - Megablast — screenshot 11 / 10
Genre
Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
Year
1989
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Image Works
Controls
Joystick
Distributor
-
Players
1 / 2 (alt.)
Developer
Assembly Line (The)
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Day, Martin
Country
United KingdomItalyUSAGermany
Graphic Artist(s)
Coleman, Mark
Software
English
Game design
Matthews, Eric
Box/Instructions
English / Italian
Musician(s)
Whittaker, David / Carpenter, John
License
Commercial
Sound FX
Whittaker, David
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe, TT / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
2 / Single Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (5)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Distributed in Germany by Ariolasoft.

See P. Putnik's site for adapted versions for hardware like HxC Floppy Emulator, Atari harddisk, TT, Falcon030 and more: The Atari ST Game Archive
Game music recorded by: SNDH Recording project
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Disk 1

MUSIC (1)

Title music

ADS (2)

VIDEOS (1)

Xenon II - Megablast introduction

ARTICLE (7)

Bitmap Brothers interview

TIPS (3)

The One Players Guide

TRIVIA (5)

Conversion - Atari Jaguar

Sound

Features digitized title soundtrack at 8.0KHz

Awards:

ST Format: Most Violent ST Games 4th place

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 1 (12/1989, 1/1990), 2 (9/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 8 between 12/1989 - 11/1991

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 · May, 1989
The One · August, 1989Rating: 93 %
ST Format · October, 1989Rating: 90%