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Pioneer Plague, The

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Information

Year of the first release

1988

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Mandarin (Europress Software) - Rest of the World
Terrific Software [Antic] - USA

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Bill Williams

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Bill Williams
Graphician : Bill Williams
Musician : Bill Williams
Misc : Bill Williams

Language in manual

English

Hardware

OCS

Amiga original game

yes

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

WHD information

HD install

yes

HD notes

- Simply copy all disk contents to a game folder on HD.

- Make an assign for 'Pioneer:' in the s:user-startup file.

Genre
Category	Shooter
Subcategory	Shooter - Flyabout
Dimension	2D
Dimension	3D
Quickmatch	Enhanced Graphics - Hold-And-Modify (HAM) Mode
Scrolltype	Scrolling - Multi-directional
Theme	Disaster - Disease Pandemic / Epidemic
Theme	Futuristic
Theme	Science Fiction - Robots / Cyborgs
Viewpoint	Sideways
Viewpoint	Top Down

Conversion hardware

Conversion notes

Classic compilation

Relationship

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Game design, coding, graphics & sound by Bill Williams.

[2] Game supports a savegame feature for the programming of drone patterns.

TRIVIA: Publisher Terrific Software famously claimed that Bill Williams' PIONEER PLAGUE was the first Amiga game to utilise HAM mode graphics, boasting a massive 4096 colours on screen at once (see ADVERT).