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Better Dead Than Alien!

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2003-01-21

Stats

3,946

Genre

Conversions

Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
PC (DOS)

OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1988
Better Dead Than Alien!
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, French, German
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Better Dead Than Alien!
Commercial
Full Price
Italy
English
English, French, German
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Distributed in Australia by Questor and in Germany by Rushware.

Conversion Notes

Amiga and Atari ST versions were released simultaneously.

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

Italian Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

Italian Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Warranty Card (front) [Australian Distributor]

OCS no. 2

Warranty Card (back) [Australian Distributor]

OCS no. 3

German Advert (ASM 3/1989, Page 45)

Manual info

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OCS no. 1

Manual (English/German/French)

OCS no. 2

Brad Zoom Game Comic (English)

OCS no. 3

Brad Zoom Game Comic (English) [better quality]

OCS

On the option screen or during play, type “CHAMP”. Press ‘HELP’ twice and press FIRE to see a list of available cheats. Here are the cheat keys:

 

‘F1’––––-Scatter gun ‘F6’––––—Smart bomb

‘F2’––––—Rapid fire ‘F7’––––-Double base

‘F3’––––-Machine gun ‘F8’––––––Shield

‘F4’–––––Superbolt ‘F9’–––Kill all aliens

‘F5’–––––Stun bomb ‘F10’––-Extra power bars

If you are playing a two player game hold down ‘DEL’ and the desired function key to affect the second player.

On the title screen, type in “CHAMPIE” instead of just “CHAMP”, the game reports that the {SUPERCHEAT} mode has been activated. You will now be able to use the following keys on the title screen to change the games parameters:

 

‘F1’–––New drain value ‘F6’-New machine delay value

‘F2’–New rapid drain value ‘F7’––New gain per frame

‘F3’-New machine drain value ‘F8’––New max ship speed

‘F4’–––New delay value ‘F9’––Press a number 1-5

‘F5’–New rapid delay value ‘F10’-switch between screens

 

(LEVEL CODES)

 

001–-“ELEKTRA” 009–—“WOOMERA” 017—“CORNUCOPIA”

002–—“SYZYGY” 010–“NARCISSUS” 018–—“PUNJABI”

003–“DRAMBUIE” 011–“DEBUTANTE” 019—“TIDDLY POM”

004––-“PLUG” 012––“FIRKIN” 020-“KEWPIE DOLL”

005–-“SOPRANO” 013–-“ACOUSTIC” 021–“SEPULCHRE”

006-“MAYONNAISE” 014–-“TRIPTYCH” 022–“EUPHEMISM”

007–—“FAUCET” 015-“JABBERWOCKY” 023—“GRAMMARIAN”

008–—“POTATO” 016–“WHIMSICAL” 024–“CROSSWORD”

025—“QUARANTINE”

To enter the level codes you must highlight the {LEVEL} option and press fire.

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
12 (Sep 1988)
458/1000
Bob Wade
1
Ahoy's AmigaUser
6 (Feb 1989)
Arnie Katz
Joyce Worley
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 4 (Sep 1988)
48%
Gary Wilson
1
Amiga World
Vol 5 No 1 (Jan 1989)
Wallace
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 5 No 9 (Sep 1988)
Eric Holroyd
1
CU Amiga
Aug 1988
4/10
Gary Whitta
1
Datormagazin
Vol 1988 No 10 (Aug 1988)
3/5
Tomas Hybner
0
Génération 4
5 (Sep - Oct 1988)
71%
0
Info
23 (Nov - Dec 1988)
4.5/5
Mark R. Brown
0
ST Amiga Format
3 (Sep 1988)
75%
Andy Storer
1
The Games Machine
9 (Aug 1988)
81%
1
Zzap
42 (Oct 1988)
72%
Gordon Houghton
Maff Evans
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ST Amiga Format
2 (Aug 1988)
Andy Storer
Preview
1
The Games Machine
7 (Jun 1988)
Preview
2

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Lore Score: 59%

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