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Atari ST - Thalion - 1991

Prehistoric Tale (A)

Prehistoric Tale (A) — screenshot 11 / 7
Genre
Arcade - Miscellaneous
Year
1991
Language
Machine Language
Publisher
Thalion
Controls
Joystick
Distributor
-
Players
1 / 2 (sim.)
Developer
Lost Boys (The) (TLB)
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Posthuma, Stefan / Schmitt, KlausFischer, Steffen / Rosocha, MarcKarsmakers, Richard / Kesseler, GeorgeHammer, Fabian / Jungen, ChrisMoss, Tim
Country
GermanyUnited Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)
Koeper, Karsten / Schmitz, GünterSimon, Erik / Moss, DavidKrawinkel, Monika
Software
English
Game design
Karsmakers, Richard / Moss, TimMoss, David
Box/Instructions
English
Musician(s)
Hippel, Jochen
License
Commercial
Sound FX
Hippel, Jochen
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Single Sided
Dump format
Pasti
Protection
1 / 2

Disk 1

TRIVIA (3)

Game written by Atari ST democrew The Lost Boys.
Other credits:
Richard Karsmakers: concept, design, production, texts and manual, level heading editor code.
Stefan Posthuma: Game ending screen code.
Steffen Fischer: Do the Shuffle subgame code.
Fabian Hammer: Shoot'em and Egga Catching subgame code, intro border removal code.
Klaus Schmitt: Intro scroller code.
Christian Jungen: Random number generator code.
Erik Simon: Do the Shuffle subgame graphics, Bubble Bonus graphics, Additional player graphics.
Monika Krawinkel: Game over graphics.
Gunter Schmitz: Game over graphics.
Marc Rosocha: DMA loader.
Karsten Koeper: Additional ideas and level design.
Michael Bittner: Copyprotection.
Axe of Delight: Packer code.

Sound

Features partially digitized title soundtrack at 6.1KHz

Graphics

Features up to 45 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Features up to 23 colours on-screen simultaneously (options or static screen)
Features up to 37 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)

BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (2)

Joystick (France) · Mars, 1991Rating: 65%
Tilt · Avril, 1991Rating: 8/20