ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

5th Gear

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2001-12-21

Stats

7,433

Genre

Conversions

Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
5th Gear
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German
1
Rare
1990
5th Gear
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German
1
Rare

Notes

[1] 5TH GEAR was developed in identical fashion to ZYNAPS. The Atari ST version was developed first (coded by Mark Bullock and Howard Ball) and then converted to the Amiga by Gary Wood and Neil Metcalfe. [Source: Howard Ball (Howie)]

[2] Distributed in Germany by Ariolasoft.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Fantastic Four/Rack It (Hewson) C64/128 release.

Screen info

ECS / OCS
Screenshot ECS no. 3

Screenshot ECS no. 4

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) [Source: Moby Games]

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Original Release

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

German Advert (PowerPlay 12/1989, Pages 82 & 83)

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English/French/German)

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Map info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Level 1

ECS no. 2

Level 2

ECS no. 3

Level 3

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
ACE 31 (Apr 1990)
625/1000
Laurence Scotford
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 11 (Apr 1990)
65%
John Kennedy
1
Amiga Format
8 (Mar 1990)
42%
Andy Smith
1
Amiga Joker
Mar 1990
36%
Carsten Borgmeier
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 7 No 6 (Jun 1990)
Juris Graney
0
Génération 4
20 (Mar 1990)
50%
0
Joystick
3 (Mar 1990)
68%
JM Destroy
0
The Games Machine
28 (Mar 1990)
40%
Warren Lapworth
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 49%

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