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Astaroth: The Angel Of Death

Azimodius: The Angel Of Death [Prerelease name]

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2005-02-18

Stats

6,411

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Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Lead graphics
Additional graphics

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Astaroth: The Angel Of Death
AKA Azimodius: The Angel Of Death
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
1
Rare
1989
Astaroth: The Angel Of Death
AKA Azimodius: The Angel Of Death
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
1
Rare

Notes

[1] According to the game manual, coder Marc Dawson first conceived the idea for ASTAROTH after reading Stephen King's 1974 best-selling horror novel "Carrie".

'Marc had the idea for Astaroth after reading Carrie by Stephen King. "lt’s all about powers of the mind," says Marc, "and since then l’ve read other Stephen King books which are more or less along the same lines."' [Source: ASTAROTH game manual, p1]

[2] According to the manual, the main sprite is also based on a sketch of guitarist Andrew Eldritch of 1980s gothic UK rock band "The Sisters of Mercy".

'Marc does his work for Hewson through his own company, Eldritch the Cat, formed in partnership with programmer Steve Weatherill. "Yes," he agrees, "it IS a weird name! It has a rather dubious origin — there was a guitarist called Andrew Eldritch who played with a group called Sisters of Mercy. Our graphic artist did a drawing of him that later became the main sprite in Astaroth.”' [Source: ASTAROTH game manual, p1]

[3] The game manual includes a profile of coder Marc Dawson.

[4] Original release contents included a large A2 size game poster identical to the artwork on the front of the Mindpowers booklet cover.

[5] Distributed in Germany by Ariolasoft.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1989 Eldritch the Cat/Hewson Atari ST release.

N.B. Planned 8-bit conversions (C64/Spectrum/Amstrad) were never released. [Source: GTW64]

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Endgame Screen

Scan info

Box: OCS
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Disk: OCS
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Misc: OCS
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UK Pre-release Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

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German Advert (ASM 8/1989, Page 73)

Manual info

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Manual (English/French/German)

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Mindpowers Booklet (English)

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Instructions (English/French/German/Italian/Dutch) [Source: Atari Mania]

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No cheats found.

Conversion info

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Map info

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MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Format
3 (Oct 1989)
41%
Steve Jarratt
1
Amiga Joker
Nov 1989
74%
Werner Hiersekorn
1
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 11 (Nov 1989)
8/10
Kati Hamza
1
CU Amiga
Sep 1989
71%
Mike Pattenden
1
Datormagazin
No 14 (Oct 1989)
4/10
Magnus Friskytt
1
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 8 (Nov 1989)
35%
Fredrik Rantakyrö
0
The Games Machine
24 (Nov 1989)
83%
1
Zzap
52 (Aug 1989)
90%
Stuart Wynne
Robin Hogg
Phil King
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
The Games Machine
15 (Feb 1989)
Preview
1

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