Atarimania

Atari ST - Proein Soft Line - 1988

Colossus Chess X

Genre
Board Game - Chess
Year
1988
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Proein Soft Line
Controls
Mouse
Distributor
Players
2 (sim. Null-Modem) / 1 / 2 (sim. Modem/Network)
Developer
[n/a]
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Bryant, Martin P.
Country
Spain
Graphic Artist(s)
Bryant, Martin P. / Cropley, Carl
Software
Game design
Bryant, Martin P.
Box/Instructions
Musician(s)
[n/a]
License
Commercial
Sound FX
[unknown]
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Number of Disks
Dump format
Protection

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (3)

CATALOGS (1)

ARTICLE (2)

TRIVIA (5)

Sound

Speech synthesis developed with MC68000/AY-3-8910 SPEECH SYNTHERSIZER V2.0 Copyright 1986 A.D.BEVERIDGE & M.N.DAY

Development

Developed with AssemPro (C) 1986 DATA BECKER and ABACUS SOFTWARE

Hardware

Supports RS232 for multiplayer action

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 5 (03/1994)
Months on charts: 3 between 4/1992 - 4/1994

Releases

First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (11/1987), Amiga (7/1989), PC (8/1990)
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 (5)

ST / Amiga Format · December, 1988Rating: 87%
The One · January, 1989Rating: 88%
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · January, 1989Rating: 91%
Atari ST User · February, 1989Rating: 9/10
The Games Machine · July, 1989Rating: 86%