Arcade / Arcade - Miscellaneous · 1989

APB - All Points Bulletin

Published by Domark · Developed by Walking Circles

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Information

Genre: Arcade - Miscellaneous
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Selwood, David
Graphic Artist(s): Page, Andrew, Fish, David
Game design: Atari Games [company]
Musician(s): Whittaker, David
Sound FX: Whittaker, David
Year: 1989
Publisher: Domark
Distributor: -
Developer: Walking Circles
Licensed from: Atari Games / Tengen
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, Italian
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.3/10 · Votes: 16 · Downloads: 4,033 · Hits: 12,431

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 (11)

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Cover Art (4)

Ads (1)

Posters (1)

Trivia (5)

Origins

Based on Atari Games 1987 coin-op.

Conversion - Atari Lynx

Sound

Features partially digitized sound fx at 10.2KHz

Charts

Top UK charts position: 12 (1/1990)
Months on charts: 2 between 12/1989 - 1/1990

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (9/1989), Commodore 64 (10/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (9/1989), Amiga (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.

Book / Magazine Reviews (9)

The One · October, 1989 · Rating: 73%

ACE · October, 1989 · Rating: 762/1000

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · September, 1989 · Rating: 78%

The Games Machine · October, 1989 · Rating: 84%

ST Action · October, 1989 · Rating: 69%

Atari ST User · October, 1989 · Rating: 6/10

Zero · November, 1989 · Rating: 80%

ST Format · July, 1991 · Rating: 55%

Raze · August, 1991 · Rating: 75%

Comments (1)

the big m — 6 Jan 2024
Very fun arcade port. Have to practice to avoid crashing into cars. ?? Scrolling is nice but is a bit jerky diagonally. Love the digital speech samples!! Recommended!