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Petari - 01/04/2019
Great game by all means. Simple concept, lot of levels and atmospheric music. Ah, and graphic is top notch, in 3D .
Steven - 30/11/2012
This game seems to be manual-protected as well... there's something missing for a great experience!

Screenshots - Archipelagos

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Information - Archipelagos

GenreBrain - Logical / PuzzleYear1991
LanguageMachine LanguagePublisher16Bit Pocket Power Collection
ControlsMouseDistributorPrism Leisure
Players1DeveloperAstral Software Ltd.
ResolutionLowLicensed from-
Programmer(s)

Carruthers, Paul

CountryFinland France Germany Italy Spain United Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)

Carruthers, Paul

SoftwareEnglish
Game design

Astral Software

Box / InstructionsEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Musician(s)

Whittaker, David

LicenseCommercial
Sound FX

Whittaker, David

SerialKPP 32
Cover Artist(s)ST TypeST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDIVersion[Budget]
Dumpdownload atari Archipelagos Download / PastiNumber of Disks1 / Single Sided
ProtectionPassword

Additional Comments - Archipelagos

Other versions with the same title:


Logotron (United Kingdom), Britannica Software (USA), ST Amiga Format (version [rolling demo]) ().

Finnish release distributed by Triosoft.

Disk - Archipelagos

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Article - Archipelagos


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Trivia - Archipelagos

Development
Several pieces of commented assembler source can be found from the disk (16Bit Pocket Power version)


Graphics
Features up to 21 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)


Charts
Top UK charts position: 20 (11/190)
Months on charts: 2 between 10/1990 - 11/1990


Origins
First 16bit release reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Atari ST in 3/1989


Book / Magazine Reviews - Archipelagos

 The Games Machine · June, 1989Rating: 90% 



 The One · April, 1989Rating: 92% 

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 Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · July, 1989Rating: 77% 



 ST / Amiga Format · May, 1989Rating: 84% 

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 ACE · May, 1989Rating: 910/1000 



 ST Action · May, 1989Rating: 71% 



 Atari ST User · June, 1989Rating: 9/10 



 The One · October, 1991Rating: 3/5 



 ST Review · August, 1992Rating: 4/5 



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