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| Developer(s) | Amstrad: S L Coemelck, Patrick Daher, Philippe Marchiset Spectrum: G. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video M. Phillips, Colin Jones, S. Chance |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amiga, IBM PC |
| Release date | Amstrad CPC: 1986 Other versions: 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Arcade adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | Cassette tape, Floppy disk |
| Input methods | Computer keyboard, Mouse |
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History
The original Amstrad CPC version was programmed by S L Coemelck, with graphics by Patrick Daher and music by Philippe Marchiset
It was re-released in 1990, with ports developed for the ZX Spectrum (by Geoff Phillips, Colin Jones and Steve Chance), Commodore 64 (Jean Noel Moyne, Laurent Poujoulat, Jean Francois Auroux[2]), Amiga (Alexander Yarmitsky[3]), Atari ST and DOS. The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit Home computers produced by Amstrad Plc during the 1980s and early 1990s Events Notable releases Bonk's Adventure is released for the TurboGrafx-16 and See also Software portability In Computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal Home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd The Amiga is a family of Personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. The Atari ST is a home / Personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s MS-DOS (short for M icro' s' oft D isk O perating S ystem is an Operating system commercialized by Microsoft.
Gameplay
A first-person arcade adventure, it draws inspiration from Dawn of the Dead; the player controlling four protagonists exploring a zombie-filled shopping mall. Dawn of the Dead (also known as George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Zombie internationally Zombies in Britain, and alternately called zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors
Reviews
Sinclair User awarded the game 87%[4] and Your Sinclair 77% [5], both reviewers impressed with the immersive atmosphere. Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of Home computers most specifically Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated was a British Computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers
CU Amiga awarded the game 85%, whilst German magazine Amiga Joker scored the game at 69%. Commodore User, known to the readers as the abbreviated CU, was one of the oldest British Commodore magazines [6]
See also
- Dead Rising; a modern interpretation of the Dawn of the Dead theme. Dead Rising is a Survival horror Video game with action adventure and RPG elements developed by Capcom
- List of video games featuring zombies
References
- ^ "Games, Games and More Games" article from Start magazine volume 3 issue 8, March 1989; retrieved from Atarimagazines. This is a list of Video games with an Undead theme. Subjects for an undead theme may include Zombies, Vampires or Ghosts. com
- ^ Zombi at Lemon64. com
- ^ Zombi at Hall of Light
- ^ Sinclair User issue 98 at World of Spectrum
- ^ Your Sinclair issue 52 at World of Spectrum
- ^ Amiga Joker March 1990 and CU Amiga May 1990 reviews at Amiga Reviews
External links
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