ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Crack Down

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2015-01-03

Stats

5,865

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Arcade
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
Nintendo Virtual Console (Wii/Wii U/3DS)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1990
Crack Down
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1990
Crack Down
Commercial
Full Price
USA
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1992
Crack Down
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Almost all retail copies of CRACK DOWN have a mastering error that causes the final level to crash. The SPS version is 100% and level 16 works correctly!

Conversion Notes

Based on 1989 Sega coin-op.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy

Screen info

ECS / OCS
Screenshot ECS no. 3

Screenshot ECS no. 4

Screenshot ECS no. 5

Screenshot ECS no. 6

Screenshot ECS no. 7

Screenshot ECS no. 8

Screenshot ECS no. 9

Screenshot ECS no. 10

Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

UK Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 2

UK Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 3

Budget Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 4

Budget Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

UK Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Budget Release

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

English Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

ECS no. 2

French Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

ECS no. 3

German Advert (Amiga Joker 5/1990, Page 63)

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Instructions (English/French/German/Italian)

ECS / OCS

Pause the game and type “ASTRA GTE”. Now press ‘1’ for extra lives or press ‘2’ for 999 ammunition.

Pause the game and type “SMURF”. Now press ‘1’ for extra lives or press ‘2’ for 999 ammunition.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
No conversion screens found.
Arcade
Conversion Arcade

Conversion Arcade

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Nintendo Virtual Console (Wii/Wii U/3DS)
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
No conversion screens found.
PC (Windows)
No conversion screens found.
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
No conversion screens found.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Scene 1 of 4 - Act 1

ECS no. 2

Scene 1 of 4 - Act 2

ECS no. 3

Scene 1 of 4 - Act 3

ECS no. 4

Scene 1 of 4 - Act 4

ECS no. 5

Scene 2 of 4 - Act 1

ECS no. 6

Scene 2 of 4 - Act 2

ECS no. 7

Scene 2 of 4 - Act 3

ECS no. 8

Scene 2 of 4 - Act 4

ECS no. 9

Scene 3 of 4 - Act 1

ECS no. 10

Scene 3 of 4 - Act 2

ECS no. 11

Scene 3 of 4 - Act 3

ECS no. 12

Scene 3 of 4 - Act 4

ECS no. 13

Scene 4 of 4 - Act 1

ECS no. 14

Scene 4 of 4 - Act 2

ECS no. 15

Scene 4 of 4 - Act 3

ECS no. 16

Scene 4 of 4 - Act 4

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
8 (May 1990)
72%
Steve Merrett
Doug Johns
Alex Simmons
0
Amiga Action
34 (Jul 1992)
40%
Alan Bunker
Re-release
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 3 No 1 (Jun 1990)
77%
Green
1
Amiga Force
2 (Jan - Feb 1993)
Roundup
0
Amiga Format
10 (May 1990)
67%
Andy Smith
1
Amiga Format
37 (Aug 1992)
54%
James Leach
Re-release
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 7 No 9 (Sep 1990)
80%
Andrew Baartz
1
CU Amiga
Apr 1990
85%
Tony Dillon
2
Joystick
6 (Jun 1990)
76%
Artemus
0
Zzap
60 (Apr 1990)
90%
Scorelord
Robin Hogg
Phil King
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Joker
Apr 1990
Preview (in-depth)
1
Génération 4
18 (Jan 1990)
Preview
0
Génération 4
20 (Mar 1990)
Preview
0
The One
15 (Dec 1989)
Phil South
Preview (in-depth)
4

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 69%

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