Atarimania

Atari ST - 16Bit Pocket Power Collection - 1991

Archipelagos

Archipelagos — screenshot 11 / 6
Genre
Brain - Logical / Puzzle
Year
1991
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
16Bit Pocket Power Collection
Controls
Mouse
Distributor
Prism Leisure
Players
1
Developer
Astral Software Ltd.
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Carruthers, Paul
Country
United KingdomFinlandFranceGermanyItalySpain
Graphic Artist(s)
Carruthers, Paul
Software
English
Game design
Astral Software
Box/Instructions
English / French / German / Italian / Spanish
Musician(s)
Whittaker, David
License
Commercial
Sound FX
Whittaker, David
Serial
KPP 32
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
[Re-release]
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Single Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection
Password

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (3)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Finnish release distributed by Triosoft.
1 / 3

Disk 1

ARTICLE (2)

TIPS (1)

TRIVIA (4)

Development

Several pieces of commented assembler source can be found from the disk (16Bit Pocket Power version)

Graphics

Features up to 21 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)

Charts

Top UK charts position: 20 (11/190)
Months on charts: 2 between 10/1990 - 11/1990

Releases

First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (4/1989), Amiga (5/1989), PC (6/1989)
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 · April, 1989Rating: 92%
ST / Amiga Format · May, 1989Rating: 84%
ACE · May, 1989Rating: 910/1000
ST Action · May, 1989Rating: 71%
Atari ST User · June, 1989Rating: 9/10
The Games Machine · June, 1989Rating: 90%
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · July, 1989Rating: 77%
The One · October, 1991Rating: 3/5
ST Review · August, 1992Rating: 4/5