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Ouch. That real world framerate is horrible 😆

Thanks for the review. I’ve never played either this or its prequel, as you say there is something very CPC about it. (In fact there is a homebrew sequel on the CPC called “Siemb Chonicles”). Some nice variety in the game by the looks of it. I am shocked you managed to complete it, well done - it look for all the world like of one of those old games that is too difficult to even contemplate such a thing.

Loved your kinky comparison lol Also you’re dead right about fan boys! Anyhow you review this one well. It’s a game I probably tried ages ago and did my get far … dead dead dead reboot! The platform parts look ace!! Proper 8bit style which I like. Hmm I’ll try this game myself. Cheers mate \ fantastic video!!

Nice video, Trusty! There are many games like this that we know are bad when we weigh everything up objectively, but there's just no denying their charm. At the end of the day, if you are having fun that's the whole point really.

Yes I did make a video about this game on my main RUclips channel, 8 years ago, but it was a very different type of video as I was making them more of pick up and play videos than anything else. With some exceptions of course. Having said that, I admit I forgot I made that video till after I finished with this one. But...this is the only video of this game on this retro exclusive channel so...I don't know where I was going with this.

It’s almost impossible for me to judge this game objectively, it’s so wrapped up in my Star Wars fandom and nostalgia for both the movie and this game itself. A warm fuzzy glow obscures my analytical mind. I just love it to bits. In fact, I just got a brand new mouse adapter for my ST, so I think I’ll boot this up tonight. Great video, Trusty!

How did I miss this? It would have been a great way to top off my Star Wars day. Instead, I’ll settle for a cup of tea and a watch after work. Cheers, Trusty!

Very enjoyable.

For once I am familiar with the game being covered. It’s certainly shallow but I guess reflects the arcade in that way. It occurs to me now that the graphics/game style probably emerged from Battlezone which you covered recently, also from Atari. I don’t personally find ST Wars offers much more as a game, but that one is where my nostalgia lies as a copy came with my second hand ST BITD.

Great review! I have only ever played the Spectrum game tbh back around my +3 days iirc.. 1987? Anyhow I liked it but the controls on that computer made it awkward.

Neat. I had the Apple II game!

I played a PD clone of this from a magazine coverdisk in the early 90s. It whiled away a few short minutes as you say. There probably aren’t many games that are quicker to reach the “you’ve seen everything there is to see” stage, measured in seconds surely.

Starglider with water! Heh! Actually this looks pretty darn good and it appears fast too. But jerky? Hard to tell on YT but .. Never heard of it tbh but I’ll have to play it 👍🏻

The potential was there, but it feels rushed to me. Could be wrong but Xenon, Wings of Death, etc are all miles better. I didn’t care for it :/ Glad you did!

Very cool looking.

I think it looks fantastic on the ST, graphically up there with Wings of Death and Lethal Excess but, exactly like those games, harder to get hold of on the ST than the Amiga.

I have no idea why the intro voice is so low in the video. There is nothing wrong with the footage or the recording or the project. Well, FML I guess.

hi bro cool video, could you do a vid tutorial how did you install this game please I would like to try with lightgun please?

I’ve never picked this one up, or picked up that it is a 3D Afterburner clone, which is a useful description since it clearly isn’t a flight sim but on first glance could look like one. The funny thing is that on the Amstrad CPC, the same game from the same publisher is a creditable side scrolling shoot em up in the style of p47 Thunderbolt or UN Squadron. Good on Zeppelin for trying something so much more ambitious in the 16-bits, instead of just picking up where they left off with the 8-bit version.

I have played this game on my ST for hours on end. I loved it and I still kinda do. However, last month, for the first time in my life, I experienced the arcade game. That is something in a whole other ball park and I feel I only now understand this game. The arcade game is fast, frantic, addictive as hell. And the trackball controls are spot on. I loved every bit of it. This ST port is cool, but honestly, to me, it is another game... I really want to experience all those other Atari classics the way they were meant to be played now.

Not bad at all.

Hmm this actually looks pretty cool (to me). I like how speedy it is. However, the lack of mouse support kinda shocks me... Might try this game. Thanks!! btw, I know you're not a massive fan but why not check out the Dave Munsie game or Megapede (which I didn't like at first - but it's brilliant IMHO). Have a good weekend matey.

This was very useful to see, I’ve been keeping an eye out for this for a long time and it’s uncommon, but I haven’t wanted to spend a great deal on it because I don’t expect I’ll play it for very long! It’s interesting to hear about the difference to the arcade and yes in hindsight it would have been preferable to do a great job of replicating the simpler arcade graphics. I can see why they thought this would be better though. (For the even simpler unfilled polygon graphics fix it will have to be Catch 23 by Martech then, I couldn’t stand those graphics back then but could easily enjoy them now.)

Centipede and Millipede have never floated my boat, maybe because I simplistically categorise them in one big ‘Space Invaders spinoff’ genre with galaxian, gorf and countless others and I don’t really like Space Invaders all that much. This looks a a decent enough port though, I don’t ever remember seeing it before. Ooh I missed that you had done. Battlezone video last week, will go back and check that out.

I was late for school many times playing this in a newsagents watching as the bus drove past in a morning, never had it on the ST tho

This is a very interesting one. The gameplay is very very thin though and unlike Asteroids, the simplicity doesn't make it better, it makes it show it's age. BUT, it's fun for a bit.

The Atari 8 bit version on cartridge is very similar to this version but graphics are a bit simpler and it's less colorful. The Atari 2600 version is nothing like this, abandoning vector line graphics for colorful raster ones but it's still a very good game in its own right.

I usually enjoy most ports of this game I played. I can’t remember if I ever played it in the arcade. I can understand how this graphics style could be off putting especially over the originals iconic look. It’s cool you went back and had fun with it. I appreciated the random ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ reference l. Cool video, thanks for sharing!

I've already commented a while back but it's gone. :?

Never played the arcade. This version, the only one I ever played, to me, is absolutely legendary...❤

Looks like a cross between the arcade game Tutenkhamen and the 8 bit classic Montezuma's Revenge.

Oh man, great review. But it breaks my heart you are nog doing exclusively Atari ST 😊 although I am very interested in (old) DOS games myself as well...

That whole first set piece culminating in an assessment of when the graphics are from is very well scripted 😂 (the reference to the fourth film slaps you in the face right off the bat 😂). This looks pretty much like my *perfect* game. A cross between Blagger and Rick Dangerous 🤗

Haha, by 1991 I probably had my Acorn Archimedes. To say that's CGA, it doesn't look too bad. If it's a good game that you enjoy playing, that's better than a crap game with good graphics. I've never enjoyed Rick Dangerous as it's too annoyingly difficult.

Cool video and nostalgic story and history lesson. It’s a shame this is not a good port as it looks like it had a lot of potential. I def played good versions on weaker hardware, so maybe this was rushed out the door because the ST seems perfectly capable of doing a solid Tetris game. Awesome job as always, thanks for sharing and I hope you’re doing well despite playing this. Oh and I liked the video anyway to be defiant, also it was a good video.

Yup, it's tetris.

Excellent. I have read this isn’t a very good version but I never knew why. I’ve never actually been a fan of Tetris or games like it but I have had plenty of enjoyment out of Tetris Pro on A1200 after you recommended it years ago, more and more the quality of the music in a game affects how much enjoyment I get and the music (and colour palette and controls) on that are delicious. I’m 80% certain the 1926 at the start was deliberate but 20% of me has to check, sorry.

Loved the way you said “this game sucks” 😂

TETRIS from MirrorSoft is so legendary, i would like to play it again on my Amiga 500 😹👍🕹️. David Whittaker composed an excellent soundtrack 🎶🎵 😺👍. A big retrospective like 👍🕹️ from Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.

It looks pretty and colourful and smooth, although I was never very inspired by the space invaders-style genre, apart from the first one I played (Spectron on the Spectravideo). It’s a valid point about single screen/ scrolling background shooters, whatever that guy who interjects in the video thinks. When you mention the standard ST sfx, strangely the sounds on this one are the actual same sound effects as Beyond the Ice Palace 🤔

Whhhat I love the sfx. But like you say, it's a shame there's no music. Cos you talk with that playing so I assumed it was possible. Boy is that funky music!! Love it. Also you're so right about the gameplay, this is a fun and enjoyable version. Nice video as always mate!

Is it just me or did something go wrong with the upload. It is just 1:32 min and begins with the ending?

Hmm not sure about this game at all. Think you’re right about the gfx .. nice but off putting?

Looks like a neat puzzle game!

Cool video and commentary as always. This doesn’t look like my type of game as the only puzzle focused games I usually enjoy are matching row games like Tetris or Poyo Poyo . I don’t mind puzzles, but I typically prefer them to be incorporated in a game that isn’t solely focused on puzzles. I guess survival horror or Zelda games are a good example of what I mean by having puzzles, but not being exclusively puzzle focused. This games reminds me of The Adventures of LoLo Series on the NES. It was a lot like this, but the levels were a bit larger and it was castle themed. The main characters kind of looked similar though. Do these types of games scream spherical characters? I used to get frustrated playing it sometimes. My best friend at the time wasn’t good at most other genres in games, but could play and beat puzzle games like it was her super power. I remember struggling at a certain points in puzzle games and she’d pick up the controller like it was the easiest game in the world. I remember having the game that was a lot like this and she was just breezing through it like it was reflex based. Ah I miss those memories. Anyway, thanks for sharing another cool game out of your archives with interesting commentary as always.

There’s quite a few games of this theme. Like Capy on Falcon. I enjoy these but, like you, not very good. Then again level 17 you say? That’s very good mate!! I like the gfx as games like this (in looks) always makes me think they’re enhanced 8-bit games. Lol mad i know. But those sprites are superb! One thing I can see about this game that I would hate is … ugh … there’s a timer! Games like this should never rush old brains like mine! 😂 Superb video review once again my friend 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I notice this is a 91 game. I remember the early 90s being inadated with puzzle games.

Where do you find this stuff? 😅 I applaud the attempt to make a tile slider more characterful and cutesy, it might even have fooled me back in the day. I always like any effort to include digitalised music. It does have some visual similarity to Jumping Jackson too, now that’s a cool game I regret passing up a couple of years ago. Thanks for the review.

If my memory is correct, I saw this game for sale back in the day, which is special because Atari ST games for sale in a shop were rare! I had a copy of this game (cracked), one of the first I loaded. But I was a kid, and didn't understand a thing of it. Just till today thanks to this review. This was a cool trip down memory lane and a high quality review as always. I had no idea this was any good. Excellent choice. ❤

Neat, didn't know they made such a game for the Atari.