Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional · 1990
Crack Down
Published by SEGA · Developed by ARC Developments
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Information
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Multi-Directional
- Language
- Machine Language
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1, 2 (sim.)
- Resolution
- Low
- Programmer(s)
- Round, Tim
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Walker, Paul
- Game design
- Sega
- Musician(s)
- Cooksey, Mark
- Sound FX
- [unknown]
- Dump
- Missing dump(s)
- Year
- 1990
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Developer
- ARC Developments
- Licensed from
- SEGA
- Software
- English
- Box/Instructions
- English
- License
- Commercial
- ST Type
- ST, STe, 0.5MB
- Number of Disks
- 2, Single Sided
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 7.9/10 · Votes: 7 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 3,526
Cover Art (2)
Instructions (8)
Tips (2)
Trivia (3)
Origins
Based on Sega 1989 coin-op.
Graphics
This game features up to 22 colours on screen simultaneously (in-game)
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (2/1990), ZX Spectrum (4/1990)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1990)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1990)
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.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
Book / Magazine Reviews (8)
The One · December, 1989 · Rating: Work in Progress
The One · March, 1990 · Rating: 88%
ST Format · May, 1990 · Rating: 81%
The Games Machine · April, 1990 · Rating: 90%
ST Action · April, 1990 · Rating: 74%
ST Review · August, 1992 · Rating: 3/5
Atari ST User · August, 1992 · Rating: 30%
ST Format · September, 1993 · Rating: 81%