Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling · 1989

Thunderwing

Published by Cascade Games Ltd. · Developed by Artronics

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Vertical Scrolling
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Phillips, D. K.
Graphic Artist(s): Campbell, Ed, Williams, Gareth
Game design: [unknown]
Musician(s): Pritchard, Nigel
Sound FX: Pritchard, Nigel
Year: 1989
Publisher: Cascade Games Ltd.
Distributor: Artronic Products
Developer: Artronics
Licensed from: -
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, French, German
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, 0.5MB
Number of Disks: 1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 6.0/10 · Votes: 2 · Downloads: 2,466 · Hits: 5,080

Screenshots (6)

Cover Art (2)

Instructions (1)

Trivia (3)

Origins

Thunderwing started life as an official port of Flying Shark for Firebird Software, but the company didn't like it. So the game was further developed and released under Cascade Games label instead.
Source: Programmer

Development

Message from the disk:
GO TO SIMONS COMIX SHOPPE :- 26 Dilwyn Street, Swansea, SA1 4AQ

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)

Génération 4 · Eté 88, 1988 · Rating: 32 %