Atari ST - Rainbird - 1988
Black Lamp
1 / 7- Genre
- Arcade - Platformer (Multi-Screen)
- Year
- 1988
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Rainbird
- Controls
- Joystick / Keyboard / Mouse
- Distributor
- -
- Players
- 1 / 2 (alt.) / Demo
- Developer
- [n/a]
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- -
- Programmer(s)
- Everett, Graham
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Cain, Steven
- Software
- English
- Game design
- Everett, Graham / Cain, Steven
- Box/Instructions
- English
- Musician(s)
- Gray, Fred
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- Gray, Fred
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- Potts, Graham
- ST Type
- ST, STe / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- —
- Dump
- Missing dump(s)
- Number of Disks
- 1
- Dump format
- —
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (1)
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Disk 1
TRIVIA (4)
Conversion - Atari 8-bit
Bugs
There's a bug in the Atari ST version of Black Lamp - when playing using a keyboard, the left and right controls are reversed. Pressing Z moves the player to the right and X to the left.
Charts
Top UK charts position: 1 (5/1988)
Months on charts: 3 between 5/1988 - 7/1988
Months on charts: 3 between 5/1988 - 7/1988
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (4/1988)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1988), Amiga (7/1988)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1988), Amiga (7/1988)
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.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
POSTERS (1)
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (6)
Génération 4 · Mars / Avril, 1988Rating: 65%
ACE · March, 1988Rating: 813/1000
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · March, 1988Rating: 9/10
The Games Machine · March, 1988Rating: 86%
Atari ST User · April, 1988Rating: 9/10
ST Action · November, 1988Rating: 51%