OCS no. 1
OCS no. 2

Interphase

Mainframe [Prerelease name]

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

1999-11-22

Stats

6,693

Conversions

Atari ST/E
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

3D graphics
Additional graphics
Lead graphics
Game design, Background story
Game design, Background story

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Interphase
AKA Mainframe
Commercial
Budget
United Kingdom
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Interphase
AKA Mainframe
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1991
Interphase
AKA Mainframe
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Magazine Publisher:Amiga Format no. 18, Jan 1991 [downloadHERE] / Amiga Format no. 20, Mar 1991 [downloadHERE].

[2] Distributed in Germany by Ariolasoft.


TRIVIA: [1] The 3D routines used by main coder Adrian Stephens in INTERPHASE were originally developed on an Amstrad CPC and then converted into 68K code. [Source: Zero preview(Issue 1, Nov 89, pp46-49), courtesy of the Amiga Magazine Rack]

[2] The game name on the titlescreen was designed and ray-traced to give it a solid look on the Acorn Archimedes. [Source: Zero preview(Issue 1, Nov 89, pp46-49), courtesy of the Amiga Magazine Rack]

Conversion Notes

Based on 1989 The Assembly Line/Image Works Atari ST release.
PC versions: CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

UK Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

UK Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

German Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 5

French Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 6

French Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

UK Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

French Release

Disk scan OCS no. 3

Coverdisk Release (Amiga Format coverdisk #18b)

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Warranty Sticker (French)

OCS no. 2

UK Advert (Amiga Format, issue 4, 11/1989, page 9)

OCS no. 3

German Advert (ASM 1/1990, Page 79)

Manual info

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OCS no. 1

Manual (English/Italian) [Source: Retro Commodore]

OCS no. 2

Manual (French)

OCS no. 3

Manual (German)

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Start the game and type “Fenny” (with a capital ‘F’ but the rest of the letters in lowercase). A noise will sound and a congratulations message will appear.

Now you can press the left mouse button to cycle through all the 3D objects in the game and use the mouse to change the viewing angle. When you want to return to the game, press both mouse buttons at the same time.

Conversion info

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

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

VGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
ACE 27 (Dec 1989)
915/1000
Eugene Lacey
3
Amiga Action
4 (Jan 1990)
80%
Steve Merrett
Doug Johns
Steve White
0
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 8 (Jan 1990)
95%
Green
2
Amiga Format
4 (Nov 1989)
88%
Andy Smith
2
Amiga Joker
Jan 1990
68%
Max Magenauer
1
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 12 (Dec 1989)
6/10
Tony Horgan
2
Amiga User International
Vol 4 No 1 (Jan 1990)
8/10
Tony Horgan
1
CU Amiga
Nov 1989
90%
Mark Patterson
2
Datormagazin
No 3 (Feb 1990)
8/10
Pekka Hedqvist
1
Génération 4
17 (Dec 1989)
98%
0
Joystick
1 (Jan 1990)
86%
JM Destroy
0
The Games Machine
25 (Dec 1989)
90%
Warren Lapworth
Stuart Wynne
1
The One
14 (Nov 1989)
79%
Gary Whitta
2
Zero
2 (Dec 1989)
86%
Sean Kelly
2
Zzap
56 (Dec 1989)
93%
Stuart Wynne
Robin Hogg
Phil King
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 4 (Sep 1989)
Preview
1
ST Amiga Format
8 (Feb 1989)
Mark Higham
Preview
1
ST Amiga Format
12 (Jun 1989)
Preview
1
Zero
1 (Nov 1989)
David McCandless
Preview (in-depth)
4

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Lore Score: 81%

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