Bomb Jack

Information

Genre

Arcade - Platformer (Single Screen)

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 2 (alt.)

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Mršic-Flögel, Janko

Graphic Artist(s)

Tattersall, Pete, Amyatt-Leir, Mungo

Game design

Tehkan

Musician(s)

Mršic-Flögel, Janko

Sound FX

Mršic-Flögel, Janko

MIDI

Yes

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1991

Publisher

Encore

Distributor

EDOS

Developer

Paradox

Licensed from

Tehkan

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

License

Commercial

Serial

142

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, Falcon030, 0.5MB

Version

[Re-release]

Number of Disks

1

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.5/10 · Votes: 46 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 6,274

Screenshots (10)

Cover Art (3)

Instructions (1)

Trivia (4)

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Origins

Based on Tehkan 1984 coin-op.

Sound

Features MIDI soundtrack (introduction screen, options or static screen and in-game)

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (4/1986), Commodore 64 (4/1986), Amstrad CPC (4/1986), Commodore 16/Plus 4 (8/1986)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (8/1988), Amiga (7/1990)

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 (6)

ST Action · October, 1988 · Rating: 55%

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · September, 1988 · Rating: 6/10

ST Action · November, 1988 · Rating: 59%

Atari ST User · November, 1988 · Rating: 5/10

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · August, 1990 · Rating: 40%

Zero · August, 1990 · Rating: 75%