Arcade / Arcade - Miscellaneous · 1988

Action Service

Published by Cobra Soft · Developed by Hitech Productions

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Information

Genre: Arcade - Miscellaneous
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, Demo, 2+
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Morla, Roland
Graphic Artist(s): Fusina, Dominique
Game design: Brocard, Bertrand, Adolphe, Jacky
Musician(s): Callet, Charles
Sound FX: Callet, Charles
Year: 1988
Publisher: Cobra Soft
Distributor: Infogrames
Developer: Hitech Productions
Licensed from: -
Country: France
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, German, French
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 5.6/10 · Votes: 7 · Downloads: 4,087 · Hits: 16,958

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

Screenshots (7)

Cover Art (3)

Instructions (18)

Ads (2)

Trivia (2)

Sound

Features digitized title soundtrack at 14KHz
Features digitized sound fx at 9.6KHz

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (4/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (9/1988), PC (12/1988)

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 (5)

The One · October, 1988 · Rating: 69 %

ACE · December, 1988 · Rating: 597/1000

The Games Machine · December, 1988 · Rating: 33%

ST Action · December, 1988 · Rating: 53%

Atari ST User · March, 1989 · Rating: 7/10

Comments (1)

IntoTheVerticalBlank — 1 Jul 2022
This one is difficult to judge. The game looks very well produced, but the controls are very difficult to understand. Nice animation and a lot of options and "missions" for testing your soldier. If you play it, you will need the instructions. Graphics , sound, and animation are all pretty good and get the job done. Archive.org has a French Amiga and PC manual, which can be some help with a little translation work.