Atarimania

Atari ST - Firebird (UK) - 1988

Flying Shark

Flying Shark — screenshot 11 / 21
Genre
Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
Year
1988
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Firebird (UK)
Controls
Joystick
Distributor
British Telecom
Players
1
Developer
Catalyst Coders
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
Taito
Programmer(s)
Jeffrey, Karl D. / Clark, Henry S.
Country
United Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)
Hemphill, Robert A. / Lihou, Jason G.
Software
English
Game design
Taito
Box/Instructions
Musician(s)
Brooke, Jason C.
License
Commercial
Sound FX
Brooke, Jason C.
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
2 / Single Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection

OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (1)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

See P. Putnik's site for adapted versions for hardware like HxC Floppy Emulator, Atari harddisk, TT, Falcon030 and more: The Atari ST Game Archive
See Klaz' Hideaway adaptions for Atari hard disk, TT, Falcon and more: Spiced up games

ADS (1)

TIPS (1)

TRIVIA (4)

Origins

Based on Taito 1987 coin-op.

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Tiger Attack

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 19 (3/1989)
Months on charts: 1, 3/1989

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (1)

The One · December, 1988Rating: 76 %