Atari ST - Hewson - 1990
5th Gear
1 / 6- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
- Year
- 1990
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Hewson
- Controls
- Joystick
- Distributor
- -
- Players
- 1
- Developer
- Microwish Software
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- -
- Programmer(s)
- Metcalfe, Neil
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Petriv, Pete
- Software
- English
- Game design
- Leijten, Jeroen
- Box/Instructions
- English / French / German
- Musician(s)
- Hippel, Jochen
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- Hippel, Jochen
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- —
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 1 / Single Sided
- Dump format
- Pasti
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (1)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
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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Disk 1
ADS (1)
ARTICLE (1)
News
TRIVIA (3)
Development
Protected with Copylock ST (c)1988-90 Rob Northen Computing
Graphics
Features up to 100 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Features up to 30 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)
Features up to 30 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)
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.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (3)
ST Action · March, 1990Rating: 59%
ACE · April, 1990Rating: 590/1000
Atari ST User · May, 1990Rating: 5/10