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Laser Squad

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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Stats

7,301

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
NEC PC-98
PC (DOS)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Laser Squad
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English, German
English, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Laser Squad
Commercial
Full Price
Europe
English, German
English, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1994
Laser Squad
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, German
English, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] LASER SQUAD is a sci-fi, turn-based strategy wargame designed by Julian Gollop that expanded on ideas developed in the REBELSTAR game series, released earlier in the 1980s for 8-bit platforms. Many of the ideas developed in LASER SQUAD were, in turn, utilised in fantasy, turn-based strategy wargame LORDS OF CHAOS (1990/91) and UFO: ENEMY UNKNOWN (1994/95), which was originally conceived by Gollop as LASER SQUAD 2.

[2] While a LASER SQUAD expansion disk containing new missions was released for 8-bit platforms, the Amiga never realised any further missions commercially or otherwise. Unsurprisingly, isometric turn-based wargame LASER SQUAD NEMESIS (2002) did not see an Amiga release either.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Target Games/Blade Software Spectrum release.
PC versions: VGA

N.B. An Archimedes version wasn't released despite being advertised. Also, an unofficial C= Plus 4 port exists HERE.

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

U.S. Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

European Release (front) [Source: Moby Games]

Box scan OCS no. 4

European Release (back) [Source: Moby Games]

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

UK Advert (CU Amiga-64 10/1989, Page 54)

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U.S. Advert

OCS no. 3

Italian Advert

Manual info

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Manual (English) [European Release]

OCS no. 2

Manual (English) [U.S. Release]

OCS no. 3

Manual (Spanish)

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In laser squad, for fun do the assassins on level 1. Buy no armour, give the corporal an m4000 with two reloads, the next two rocket

launchers with four rockets each, and the last two nothing at all.

Deploy in the entrance, in the gap in the outer wall, and take the house to pieces with the rockets, waiting for droids or Regix to

show up - get them with Jonlan’s M4000. I managed to do the scenario with one shot - it went between the leaves of the door, blew up

against a wall and Regix was on the other side. end of story, fade to black.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

MSX 1/2
Conversion MSX 1/2

Conversion MSX 1/2

NEC PC-98
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Conversion Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Conversion Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Map info

OCS: 5 maps    
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OCS no. 1

Scenario 1 - The Assassins

OCS no. 2

Scenario 2 - Moonbase Assault

OCS no. 3

Scenario 3 - Rescue from the Mines

OCS no. 4

Scenario 4 - The Cyber Hordes

OCS no. 5

Scenario 5 - Paradise Valley

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
4 (Jan 1990)
66%
Steve Kennedy
Doug Johns
Steve White
0
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 10 (Mar 1990)
84%
Lucinda Orr
1
Amiga Force
16 (Mar 1994)
93%
Miles Guttery
James Price
Re-release
0
Amiga Format
5 (Dec 1989)
93%
Andy Smith
2
Amiga Format
57 (Mar 1994)
7/10
Stephen Bradley
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
Dec 1989
70%
Werner Hiersekorn
1
Amiga Magazine (It)
11 (Apr 1990)
86%
0
Amiga Power
34 (Feb 1994)
84%
Mark Winstanley
Re-release
1
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 12 (Dec 1989)
8/10
Matthew Broomfield
1
Amiga World
Vol 6 No 6 (Jun 1990)
Rod Lawrence
2
CU Amiga
Nov 1989
87%
Mark Patterson
1
CU Amiga
Mar 1994
82%
Hayleigh Rodgers
Re-release
1
Info
31 (Jul 1990)
3.5/5
Tom Malcolm
1
The Games Machine
26 (Jan 1990)
93%
1
The One
65 (Feb 1994)
82%
Matt Broughton
Re-release
2
Zero
2 (Dec 1989)
88%
David McCandless
3

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Power
18 (Oct 1992)
Preview
1

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Lore Score: 79%

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