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OCS no. 2

Captain Fizz Meets The Blaster-Trons

Mission Icarus [Prerelease name]

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2018-08-18

Stats

6,078

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Commodore C64/128
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3

OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Credits

Game design

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Captain Fizz Meets The Blaster-Trons
AKA Mission Icarus
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German
English, French, German
1
Rare
1988
Captain Fizz Meets The Blaster-Trons
AKA Mission Icarus
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, French, German
English, French, German
1
Rare

Notes

TRIVIA: Spectrum coder Dean Hickingbottom recalls how the game made the jump from its humble 16-bit beginnings as MISSION ICARUS, in the hands of BBC developers Powerhouse, to the multiplatform release CAPTAIN FIZZ after a deal was signed with publisher Psygnosis:

"This game was originally entitled 'Mission Icarus' and was demoed on ST/Amiga by Power House at Video Images who I think found a buyer in Psygnosis. A multi-platform conversion deal was struck with Clockwize and ZX, CBM64, PC (and an unwanted Amstrad CPC) versions were completed (the CPC, a port by Dave Bradley from the ZX was excellent!). We had to get the game text translated into the other languages required by the spec." [Source: World of Spectrum]

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Powerhouse/Mandarin BBC release ICARUS

-Unreleased Amstrad/C= Plus 4 ports exist
-PC version wasn't released despite adverts

Screen info

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Screenshot OCS no. 6

Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Original Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

Original Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

Budget Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

Budget Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Original Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Manual Cover (Budget)

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Additional Loading Instructions

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UK Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

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U.S. Advert (CGW 59 5/1989, Page 30)

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U.S. Advert (CGW 61 7/1989, Page 18)

Manual info

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Manual (English) [Source: Atari Mania]

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Manual (English) [alt]

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Manual (German)

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No cheats found.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS: 20 maps    
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OCS no. 1

Deck A

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Deck B

OCS no. 3

Deck C

OCS no. 4

Deck D

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Deck E

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Deck F

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Deck G

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Deck H

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Deck I

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Deck J

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Deck K

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Deck L

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Deck M

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Deck N

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Deck O

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Deck P

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Deck Q

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Deck R

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Deck S

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Deck T

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 12 (May 1989)
72%
John Kennedy
Green
1
CU Amiga
Mar 1989
63%
1
Datormagazin
No 4 (Mar 1989)
8/10
Johan Pettersson
0
Info
26 (May - Jun 1989)
4/5
Tom Malcolm
0
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 3 (Apr 1989)
70%
Henrik Mårtensson
0
The Games Machine
17 (Apr 1989)
39%
1
Your Amiga
Jul 1989
36%
Dave Reeder
1
Zzap
48 (Apr 1989)
40%
Maff Evans
Kati Hamza
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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

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Lore Score: 55%

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