ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Venus: The Flytrap

General info

Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2022-12-13

Stats

5,791

Conversions

Atari ST/E

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Music & SFX
Concept, Game design
Concept, Game design
Concept, Game design
Concept, Game design

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

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

Notes

First Gremlin Amiga led game.

Conversion Notes

Screen info

ECS / OCS
Screenshot ECS no. 3

Screenshot ECS no. 4

Screenshot ECS no. 5

Screenshot ECS no. 6

Screenshot ECS no. 7

Screenshot ECS no. 8

Screenshot ECS no. 9

Screenshot ECS no. 10

Screenshot ECS no. 11

Screenshot ECS no. 12

Screenshot ECS no. 13

Screenshot ECS no. 14

Screenshot ECS no. 15

Screenshot ECS no. 16

Screenshot ECS no. 17

Screenshot ECS no. 18

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

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Registration Card (front)

ECS no. 2

Registration Card (back)

ECS no. 3

Manual Errata (French)

ECS no. 4

UK Advert (Zero, Issue 8, 6/1990, Page 39)

ECS no. 5

German Advert (Amiga Joker 10/1990, Page 11)

ECS no. 6

French Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English/French/German/Italian)

ECS / OCS

On the title screen press ‘SPACE’ and enter any of the following for the password:

 

“MERCURY”______________________Constant flying ability.

“PLUTO”____________________________Infinite ammunition.

“JUPITER”________________________________Infinite time.

“SATURN”_______Marks the entrances to secret the rooms.

“MARS”___________________________Access to all weapons.

It is possible for all cheats to be active.

 

(LEVEL CODES)

 

FROZEN WASTES__”MANTIDS” DEAD CITY___________”CICADAS”

WOOD WORLD____”PSYLLIDS” CAVERNS_____________”PIERIDS”

DEATH VALLEY___”SATYRID” CREEPING SWAMP_____”LYCAENID”

TECH WORLD_____”PYRALID” TRANSLUCENT PLANTS__”NOCTUID”

For the greets do the following: Press ‘P’ to pause the game and type “TYPE THE HELLOS PLEASE”.

Conversion info

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Map info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

The Forbidden Forest

ECS no. 2

The Frozen Wastes

ECS no. 3

The Dead City

ECS no. 4

Wood World

ECS no. 5

The Kaverns

ECS no. 6

Death Valley

ECS no. 7

The Creeping Swamp

ECS no. 8

Tech World

ECS no. 9

Translucent Plain

ECS no. 10

The Stygian Creek

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
11 (Aug 1990)
72%
Steve Kennedy
Alex Simmons
Doug Johns
2
Amiga Action
31 (Apr 1992)
83%
Re-release
1
Amiga Computing
48 (May 1992)
90%
Darren Evans
Re-release
1
Amiga Force
3 (Mar 1993)
75%
Ben the Boffin
Roundup
0
Amiga Format
15 (Oct 1990)
79%
Neil Jackson
1
Amiga Format
33 (Apr 1992)
82%
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
Apr 1990
87%
Michael Labiner
1
Amiga Mania
Apr 1992
90%
Re-release
0
Amiga Power
12 (Apr 1992)
39%
Gary Penn
Re-release
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 7 No 10 (Oct 1990)
82%
1
Computer + Video Games
105 (Aug 1990)
94%
Robert Swan
0
CU Amiga
Aug 1990
84%
Dan Slingsby
1
CU Amiga
Mar 1992
75%
Steve Merrett
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 15 (Oct 1990)
8/10
Lennart Nilsson
1
Génération 4
Été (Summer) 1990
81%
0
Joystick
8 (Sep 1990)
90%
Kaaa
0
The Games Machine
33 (Aug 1990)
95%
Warren Lapworth
2
User
8 (Nov 1990)
91%
2
Zero
11 (Sep 1990)
88%
David Wilson
1
Zzap
66 (Oct 1990)
90%
Stuart Wynne
Warren Lapworth
Phil King
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
CU Amiga
Feb 1990
Preview
1
Génération 4
19 (Feb 1990)
Preview
0
Joystick
5 (May 1990)
Preview
0
Zzap
58 (Feb 1990)
Preview
0

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 81%

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