ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Tusker

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2011-01-27

Stats

4,215

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Additional graphics
Game design

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1990
Tusker
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1992
Tusker
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Artist Bryn Redman's name was spelt incorrectly on the credits screen after doing the bulk of the in-game graphics whilst working freelance.

[2] Game contains unused music by the Maniacs of Noise (see HERE).

[3] Both Retail and budget versions of the game have the last sequence missing, as well as the ending screen and the missing (Abaddon fixed this in the whdload version of the game).

Conversion Notes

Based on 1989 System 3 C64/128 release.

Screen info

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Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

Original Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 2

Original Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 3

Budget Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 4

Budget Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Original Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Budget Release

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

UK Advert (CU Amiga-64 10/1989, Pages 18 & 19)

ECS no. 2

UK Advert (CU Amiga-64 11/1989, Page 88)

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English/French/German/Italian) [Source: Atari Mania]

ECS no. 2

Instructions (English/German/Italian) [Budget]

ECS / OCS

On the credit screen, type "alrichmlpe". The screen will fade to black as you type it. This will give you 9 lives to start with and the ability to move the character from screen to screen using the < and > keys.

 

Source: Abaddon:

http://eab.abime.net/hol-contributions/56579-tusker-cheat.html

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
32 (May 1992)
46%
Peter Lee
Re-release
1
Amiga Force
2 (Jan - Feb 1993)
Roundup
0
Amiga Format
14 (Sep 1990)
68%
Trenton Webb
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1990
70%
Max Magenauer
1
Amiga User International
Vol 4 No 11 (Dec 1990)
55%
Tony Horgan
1
Computer + Video Games
107 (Oct 1990)
75%
0
CU Amiga
Mar 1992
43%
Steve Merrett
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 15 (Oct 1990)
8/10
Pontus Berg
1
Joystick
8 (Sep 1990)
70%
Kaaa
0
The Games Machine
34 (Sep 1990)
65%
Mark Caswell
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
1 (Oct 1989)
Preview
1
CU Amiga
Jul 1989
Preview
1
The One
15 (Dec 1989)
Kati Hamza
Preview (in-depth)
1
Zero
4 (Feb 1990)
Preview
1
Zzap
57 (Jan 1990)
Preview
0

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 61%

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