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zoran zemljište - 16/08/2024
Absolute garbage, the controls and the movement of your vehicle are very sensitive and you can quickly lose all of your lives.
The only good thing about this is the nice music and graphical effects at the title screen.

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Information - 5th Gear

GenreShoot'em Up! - Vertical ScrollingYear1990
LanguageMachine LanguagePublisherHewson
ControlsJoystickDistributor-
Players1DeveloperMicrowish Software
ResolutionLowLicensed from-
Programmer(s)

Metcalfe, Neil

CountryFrance Germany United Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)

Petriv, Pete

SoftwareEnglish
Game design

Leijten, Jeroen

Box / InstructionsEnglish, French, German
Musician(s)

Hippel, Jochen [Mad Max]

LicenseCommercial
Sound FX

Hippel, Jochen [Mad Max]

Serial
Cover Artist(s)ST TypeST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDIVersion
Dumpdownload atari 5th Gear Download / PastiNumber of Disks1 / Single Sided
Protection

Additional Comments - 5th Gear

Other version with the same title:


16Bit Pocket Power Collection (version [Re-release]) (United Kingdom).

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

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Graphics
Features up to 100 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Features up to 30 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)


Development
Protected with Copylock ST (c)1988-90 Rob Northen Computing


Releases
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (02/1990), Amiga (03/1990)

Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.


Book / Magazine Reviews - 5th Gear

 Atari ST User · May, 1990Rating: 5/10 



 ST Action · March, 1990Rating: 59% 



 ACE · April, 1990Rating: 590/1000 



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