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Katakis / Denaris

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2021-03-24

Stats

16,800

Genre

Conversions

Commodore C64/128

OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1988
Katakis
Commercial
Full Price
Europe
English
2
Rare
1989
Denaris
Commercial
Full Price
North America
English
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Denaris
Commercial
Full Price
Spain
English
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Denaris
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Denaris
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1992
Denaris
Commercial
Budget
Europe
English
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Initially released in 1988 as KATAKIS, but with different levels. The game, however, was withdrawn from sale shortly after release in Europe, in response to Activision's threat of legal action over its alleged infringement of their R-TYPE license. Subsequently, KATAKIS was renamed to DENARIS and re-released in 1989 with reworked levels.

[2] The original release comprised 2 disks, while the 5TH ANNIVERSARY and HIGHLIGHTS compilation version came on 1 disk.

[3] Distributed in Germany by Rushware.


TRIVIA: Activision paid a substantial sum to license Irem's R-TYPE coin-op for home computer conversion, but hadn't released any conversions at that point and were quite annoyed that sales could suffer at the hands of what was quite a good independent clone in KATAKIS. Despite their grievances, Activision were sufficiently impressed with game developers Factor 5, that they contracted them for the C64/Amiga conversions of R-TYPE.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Factor 5/Rainbow Arts/GO! C64/128 release.

Screen info

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Screenshot OCS no. 9

Screenshot OCS no. 10

Screenshot OCS no. 11

Screenshot OCS no. 12

Screenshot OCS no. 13

Screenshot OCS no. 14

Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

European Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

European Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

German Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 5

Spanish Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 6

Spanish Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

European Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

German Release

Disk scan OCS no. 3

Disk scan OCS no. 4

Budget Release

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

French Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 2

German Advert (ASM 10/1988, Page 131)

OCS no. 3

German Advert (PowerPlay 10/1988, Pages 16 & 17)

OCS no. 4

German Advert (PowerPlay 1/1989, Page 21)

OCS no. 5

German Advert (Amiga Joker 3/1992, Page 15) [Budget, Top Shots]

Manual info

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OCS no. 1

Manual (English/French/Italian)

OCS no. 2

Manual (German/English)

OCS no. 3

Manual (Spanish)

OCS

After inserting disk 2, press ‘Y’ and use the mouse in port 2, press the RIGHT BUTTON until level 1 has loaded.

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Map info

OCS: 13 maps    
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OCS no. 1

1 Disk Version - Level 1

OCS no. 2

1 Disk Version - Level 2

OCS no. 3

1 Disk Version - Level 3

OCS no. 4

1 Disk Version - Level 4

OCS no. 5

1 Disk Version - Level 5

OCS no. 6

1 Disk Version - Level 6

OCS no. 7

2 Disk Version - Level 1

OCS no. 8

2 Disk Version - Level 2

OCS no. 9

2 Disk Version - Level 3

OCS no. 10

2 Disk Version - Level 4

OCS no. 11

2 Disk Version - Level 5

OCS no. 12

2 Disk Version - Level 6

OCS no. 13

2 Disk Version - Level 7

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
ACE 18 (Mar 1989)
887/1000
Andy Smith
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 12 (May 1989)
88%
Duncan Evans
2
Amiga Format
34 (May 1992)
73%
Re-release
1
Amiga Power
12 (Apr 1992)
79%
Stuart Campbell
Re-release
1
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 3 (Mar 1989)
8/10
Tony Horgan
2
Antic's Amiga Plus
Vol 1 No 6 (Feb - Mar 1990)
3.5/5
Guy Wright
1
Computer + Video Games
90 (Apr 1989)
85%
Paul Glancey
0
CU Amiga
Mar 1989
88%
Mark Patterson
1
ST Amiga Format
10 (Apr 1989)
83%
Mark Higham
1
The Games Machine
17 (Apr 1989)
83%
1
The One
6 (Mar 1989)
86%
Brian Nesbitt
2
Your Amiga
Apr - May 1989
88%
1
Zzap
48 (Apr 1989)
88%
Maff Evans
Kati Hamza
0
Génération 4
6 (Nov 1988)
77%
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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

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