Amaurote

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1

Programmer(s)

Pickford, John

Graphic Artist(s)

Pickford, Steve

Sound

Whittaker, David

Year

1987

Publisher

Mastertronic (UK)

Developer

Binary Design

Country

United Kingdom

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape

Rarity

2

Serial

IT0169

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.3/10 · Votes: 139 · Downloads: 3,702 · Hits: 33,265

Screenshots (4)

Cover Art (2)

Comments (4)

• Atariteca — 16 Apr 2012

  Amaurote+ has just been released a couple of days ago. Take a look: http://youtu.be/63m6d-p1NGY

• Il bastardo — 10 Apr 2008

  Though Amaurote CAN be beaten, a dull line stating "Mission completed" is the only reward you get - at least that pretty much corresponds to the monotonous nature of the gameplay, whose major drawbacks are cumbersome controls and sloppy collision detection routines. With more variety gameplay-wise and easier-to-manage controls, it could've been a genuine classic, for the outstanding graphics (easily outclassing the C64-Version) and Whittaker's formidable score generate a tight and creepy athmosphere, and when the screen (literally) starts crawling with insects, you can't help but gasping for breath... at least initially. However, the bottom line is, that this game's more or less a temporarily impressive demonstration of the 800XL's capacities, yet gravely suffering from tedious gameplay and frustrating controls. Technically impressive, but very limited playing value. (3/10)

• Muffy St. Bernard — 13 Oct 2007

  Jeez, yeah, ridiculous. Your ship is almost impossible to control, and as for the "bouncing bombs," well, what a great idea: A BOMB THAT BOUNCES OVER YOUR ENEMIES. I agree that the game is beautiful, but how difficult would it have been to make it playable?

• Andreas Magenheimer — 13 Jan 2005

  allthough the game has outstanding gfx and good musix, the gameplay is very poor. it is almost impossible to finish at least one level with these strange "jumping" bombs and other obstacles. besides the game has no save-option, how should one finish all 25 levels at once ?!? In my eyes the game is only playable when the collision detection is "switched off", but still the game is very boring... GFX: 10 points, gameplay: 1 point... -Andreas Magenheimer.