Atarimania

Atari ST - Psyclapse - 1990

Anarchy

Anarchy — screenshot 11 / 12
Genre
Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
Year
1990
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Psyclapse
Controls
Joystick
Distributor
Psygnosis
Players
1 / Demo
Developer
WJS Design
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Smithson, Wayne
Country
United KingdomFranceGermanyItaly
Graphic Artist(s)
Oxland, Kevin / Warren, Chris
Software
English
Game design
Smithson, Wayne
Box/Instructions
English / French / German / Italian
Musician(s)
Norrish, Ray / Scharvona, Justin
License
Commercial
Sound FX
[unknown]
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
Grant, Melvyn
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Double Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (5)

1 / 3

Disk 1

INSTRUCTIONS (32)

MUSIC (1)

Digital title music

ADS (1)

ARTICLE (2)

TRIVIA (4)

Working title for Anarchy was "It can't be done". It refers to the ultrafast and smooth game engine which is rarely seen on Atari ST games.

Sound

Features digitized title soundtrack at 16.2KHz

Graphics

Features up to 37 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)

Releases

First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (3/1990), Amiga (10/1990)
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 (12)

ST Action · September, 1990Rating: 68%
The One · August, 1990Rating: 80 %
ST Format · April, 1990Rating: 77%
The Games Machine · August, 1990Rating: 50%
ACE · September, 1990Rating: 625/1000
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · September, 1990Rating: 96%
Atari ST User · October, 1990Rating: 75%
ST Format · January, 1991Rating: 77%
The One · November, 1991Rating: 3/5
Games X · February 20th-26th, 1992Rating: 3,5/5
ST Action · July, 1992Rating: 89%
ST Action · September, 1994Rating: 60%