Strategy / Strategy - Miscellaneous · 1988

Carrier Command

Published by Rainbird · Developed by Realtime Software

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Information

Genre: Strategy - Miscellaneous
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick, Keyboard, Mouse
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Beveridge, Andy, Oliver, Ian, Baird, Graeme
Graphic Artist(s): Serrano, Herman
Game design: Pinto, Ricardo
Musician(s): Lowe, Dave
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1988
Publisher: Rainbird
Distributor: FIL
Developer: Realtime Software
Licensed from: -
Software: English
Box/Instructions: French
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 1, Double Sided
Protection: Password

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 6.7/10 · Votes: 275 · Downloads: 3,096 · Hits: 328,459

Screenshots (11)

Cover Art (3)

Ads (3)

Dick Special - The Search for Spook / UMS / Carrier Command / Jinxter / Time and Magik · 1987

Starglider II / Virus / Carrier Command / Elite · 1988

Records (1)

Tips (4)

Trivia (4)

Sound

Features digitized title soundtrack at 18.1KHz

TOP-20

Carrier Command was the second ST game in history to reach UK's TOP-10 chart of best selling games in August 1988, at position 19. At the time Computer + Video Games wrote that Atari ST and Amiga combined games sales had reached over 25% of UK's computer games market.

Charts

Top UK charts position: 1 (7/1988)
Months on charts: 5 between 6/1988 - 10/1988

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (4/1989), Commodore 64 (6/1990)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (5/1988), Amiga (9/1988), PC (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 (18)

Génération 4 · Eté 88, 1988 · Rating: 96%

ST Action · June, 1988 · Rating: 91%

Trioposti · 2, 1988 · Rating: Preview

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · June, 1988 · Rating: 8/10

The Games Machine · June, 1988 · Rating: 98%

ACE · June, 1988 · Rating: 927/1000

Atari ST User · June, 1988 · Rating: 10/10

ST Action · June, 1988 · Rating: 91%

ST Action · April, 1989 · Rating: 76%

The One · May, 1991 · Rating: 4/5

ST Format · June, 1991 · Rating: 91%

Zero · June, 1991 · Rating: 91%

ST Action · August, 1991 · Rating: 91%

ST Format · August, 1991 · Rating: 91%

ST Review · November, 1992 · Rating: 4/5

ST Action · January, 1993 · Rating: 79%

ST Format · September, 1993 · Rating: 91%

ST Format · October, 1994 · Rating: 91%

Comments (4)

Lore W — 6 Sept 2013
I great, simple game I still play.
Mike — 6 Feb 2013
Spent hours playing this in the 80s, never fully knew what was going on but loved to fly the planes, shoot the turret and launch Walruses. Great fun.
Dave — 24 Nov 2012
I remember playing this in 1988 - spent many hours on this beast.
Simon Sunnyboy / Paradize — 1 Nov 2009
If you love realtime strategy, go get this! A classic with supersmooth 3D for its time!