Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling · 1988

Platoon

Published by Data East · Developed by Choice Software

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, 2 (sim.)
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Gordon, Colin, Pearce, Sean, Wylie, Chris
Graphic Artist(s): Beattie, Sharon, Jones, Mark K., Wahid, Steve
Game design: Butler, Simon
Musician(s): Whittaker, David
Sound FX: Whittaker, David
Year: 1988
Publisher: Data East
Distributor: -
Developer: Choice Software
Licensed from: Hemdale Film Corporation
Country: USA
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 6.7/10 · Votes: 15 · Downloads: 2,673 · Hits: 5,219

Additional Comments

Run with TOS 1.0.

Screenshots (3)

Platoon — screenshot 1

Platoon — screenshot 2

Platoon — screenshot 3

Ads (1)

Fuel for Entertainment · 1988

Article (1)

Tips (3)

Trivia (4)

Origins

Based on 1986 movie by Orion Pictures.

Awards:

ST Format: Most Violent ST Games 7th place

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 16 (9/1988)
Months on charts: 2 between 9/1988 - 12/1988

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

ST Action · August, 1988 · Rating: 78 %