|
|
I great, simple game I still play. |
| Spent hours playing this in the 80s, never fully knew what was going on but loved to fly the planes, shoot the turret and launch Walruses. Great fun. |
| I remember playing this in 1988 - spent many hours on this beast. |
| Simon Sunnyboy / Paradize - 01/11/2009 |
If you love realtime strategy, go get this!
A classic with supersmooth 3D for its time! |
| | | |
| | | | | |
Sound
Features digitized title soundtrack at 18.1KHz
TOP-20
Carrier Command was the second ST game in history to reach UK's TOP-10 chart of best selling games in August 1988, at position 19. At the time Computer + Video Games wrote that Atari ST and Amiga combined games sales had reached over 25% of UK's computer games market.
Charts
Top UK charts position: 1 (7/1988)
Months on charts: 5 between 6/1988 - 10/1988
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (4/1989), Commodore 64 (6/1990)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (5/1988), Amiga (9/1988), PC (11/1989)
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.
|
| |
| ACE · June, 1988 | Rating: 927/1000 |
| Trioposti · 2, 1988 | Rating: Preview |
| Atari ST User · June, 1988 | Rating: 10/10 |
| Génération 4 · Eté 88, 1988 | Rating: 96% |
 
| ST Action · June, 1988 | Rating: 91% |
| ST Action · June, 1988 | Rating: 91% |
  
| Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · June, 1988 | Rating: 8/10 |
| The Games Machine · June, 1988 | Rating: 98% |
| ST Action · April, 1989 | Rating: 76% |
| ST Format · June, 1991 | Rating: 91% |
| Zero · June, 1991 | Rating: 91% |
| ST Action · August, 1991 | Rating: 91% |
| ST Format · August, 1991 | Rating: 91% |
| The One · May, 1991 | Rating: 4/5 |
| ST Review · November, 1992 | Rating: 4/5 |
| ST Format · September, 1993 | Rating: 91% |
| ST Action · January, 1993 | Rating: 79% |
| ST Format · October, 1994 | Rating: 91% |
|
| | | | |