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King Of Chicago, The

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2008-01-07

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5,961

Genre

Conversions

Apple IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
PC (DOS)
Sharp X68000

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes
- Since disk 1 is copy-protected, only disk 2 (unprotected) may be installed to HD (1Mb ram needed) or RAM: (>1.5Mb needed). Game must be launched by first booting disk 1 from floppy, however. - Refer to "KING.DOC" on disk 2 for installation instructions

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1987
King Of Chicago, The
Commercial
Budget
Europe
English
2
Rare
1987
King Of Chicago, The
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
2
Rare

Notes

[1] Screenplay by Doug Sharp and Paul Walsh. Code by Doug Sharp.
Graphics by Rob Landeros; additional gfx by Jeff Hilbers & Louis Johnson; and animation of game characters and facial expressions by Doug Sharp using his Dramaton animation system.
Sound FX and original music composed by Bill Williams.

[2] Additional memory (1Mb ram or more) enhances game speed as most graphics can be accessed from RAM: rather than disk.

[3] Distributed in North America by Mindscape.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1986 Master Designer/Cinemaware Apple Macintosh release.
PC versions: CGA

N.B. Despite being advertised, the C64 version was never released. More info. is available at GTW64 HERE.

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Original Release (front)

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Original Release (back)

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Budget Release (front)

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Budget Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Original Release [Source: Moby Games]

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

U.S. Advert (CGW 32 11/1986, Page 11)

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U.S. Advert (CGW 40 10/1987, Page 9)

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U.S. Review (CGW 53 11/1988, Page 20)

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UK Advert (Commodore User 1/1988, Pages 22 & 23)

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Catalogue Entry [1]

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Catalogue Entry [2] [Source: Atari Mania]

Manual info

OCS: 1 manual    
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Manual (English)

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No cheats found.

Apple IIGS
Conversion Apple IIGS

Conversion Apple IIGS

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sharp X68000
Conversion Sharp X68000

Conversion Sharp X68000

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
7 (Apr 1988)
700/1000
Andy Smith
1
Ahoy's AmigaUser
1 (May 1988)
Arnie Katz
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 5 No 11 (Nov 1988)
Phil Campbell
0
Computer + Video Games
76 (Feb 1988)
38/40
David Bishop
0
CU Amiga
Dec 1987
8/10
Nick Kelly
2
Datormagazin
Vol 1988 No 3 (Mar 1988)
4.2/5
Lennart Nilsson
0
Power Play
Apr 1988
3/10
0
The Games Machine
5 (Apr 1988)
80%
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
The Games Machine
2 (Dec 1987 - Jan 1988)
Preview
1

OCS

Lore Score: 59%

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