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OCS

OCS no. 2
AmigaCD no. 1

AmigaCD

AmigaCD no. 2

Xenon 2: Megablast

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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Stats

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Conversions

Acorn Archimedes
Atari ST/E
BlackBerry 10 / Tablet OS (Smartphones/Tablets/Other)
NEC PC-98
Nintendo Game Boy
PC (DOS)
Sega Master System
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sharp X68000
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Full Price
USA
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1991
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1994
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game design by The Bitmap Brothers. Coding by The Assembly Line.

[2] Distributed in France by Ubi Soft and in Germany by Ariolasoft.


TRIVIA: The theme tune is David Whittaker's rendition of "Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13)(7'' Mix)" by Bomb the Bass, taken from their debut album "Into the Dragon" © 1988 Rhythm King/BCM RecordsBomb the Bass' album version of "Megablast", in turn, is a remix of the soundtrack from the 1976 motion picture "Assault on Precinct 13", composed and directed by John Carpenter.

Conversion Notes

Amiga and Atari ST versions were released simultaneously.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy, PC-98

AmigaCD / CDTV / ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
English, French, German, Italian
1
Rare
1992
Xenon 2: Megablast
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
English, French, German, Italian
1
Rare

Notes

[1] Game design by The Bitmap Brothers. Coding by The Assembly Line; CDTV-specific coding by Delvin Sorrell.

[2] Re-released for CD-equipped Amiga systems on the Kixx budget label (see Boxscan).


TRIVIA: The theme tune is David Whittaker's rendition of 'Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13)(7'' Mix)' by BOMB THE BASS, taken from the album "Into the Dragon" © 1988 Rhythm King/BCM Records. BOMB THE BASS' album version of "Megablast", in turn, is a remix of the soundtrack from the 1976 motion picture "Assault on Precinct 13", composed and directed by John Carpenter.

Conversion Notes

Amiga and Atari ST disk versions were released simultaneously.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy, PC-98

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UK Pre-release Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 2, 9/1989, Page 9)

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Ubi Soft Contest (French) [Generation 4]

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Pause the game and type “RUSSIAN AIR”, then unpause the game. Press ‘N’ to skip levels. This doesn’t work on all versions.

*** Halfway and End Monsters ***

SNAIL: Shoot at eye, avoid mines.

ALIEN: Shoot eyes at either side at top. Scroll back and shoot center eye.

SPIDER: Destroy as much web as possible. Fly down to face spider and fire continuously.

CRAYFISH: Travels in figure eight. Stay below and fire in it’s face.

SNAKE: Attacks from left of screen.

DRAGON: Shoot the side heads first, then tail, then main head.

HEAD: Shoot both eyes, avoiding laser fire and extending tongue. Shoot at head when tongue goes in.

TANK: Use missles

GRAND SPACESHIP: Shoot all cannons until totally destroyed.

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No cheats found.

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Atari ST/E
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BlackBerry 10 / Tablet OS (Smartphones/Tablets/Other)
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NEC PC-98
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo Game Boy
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Map info

OCS: 5 maps    
OCS
OCS no. 1

Level 1

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AmigaCD / CDTV / ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
ACE 25 (Oct 1989)
910/1000
Pete Connor
2
Amiga Action
1 (Oct 1989)
85%
Steve Merrett
Doug Johns
Steve White
2
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 5 (Oct 1989)
100%
Jeff Walker
2
Amiga Force
3 (Mar 1993)
83%
Ben the Boffin
Roundup
0
Amiga Format
3 (Oct 1989)
93%
Andy Smith
2
Amiga Joker
Nov 1989
91%
Michael Labiner
2
Amiga Joker
Mar 1994
Joachim Nettelbeck
Re-release
1
Amiga Power
3 (Jul 1991)
82%
Matt Bielby
Re-release
1
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 11 (Nov 1989)
9/10
Tony Horgan
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 7 No 2 (Feb 1990)
Phil Campbell
2
Commodore Computing International
Vol 8 No 3 (Nov 1989)
90%
Dan Horgan
0
Computer + Video Games
94 (Sep 1989)
96%
Paul Glancey
0
CU Amiga
Oct 1989
88%
Mike Pattenden
2
CU Amiga
Apr 1991
Roundup
1
CU Amiga
Jul 1991
90%
Fiona Keating
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 14 (Oct 1989)
6/10
Tomas Hybner
1
The One
8 (May 1989)
Gary Penn
4
The One
33 (Jun 1991)
5/5
Brian Nesbitt
Re-release
1
Zero
0 (Oct 1989)
94%
0
Zero
24 (Oct 1991)
95%
David Wilson
Re-release
1
Zzap
54 (Oct 1989)
97%
Stuart Wynne
Robin Hogg
Phil King
0
Amiga Format
33 (Apr 1992)
45%
0
Amiga Format
39 (Oct 1992)
32%
Damien Noonan
Roundup
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1991
5/5
Michael Labiner
Richard Löwenstein
1
Zero
26 (Dec 1991)
Ben Caudell
Roundup
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ST Amiga Format
12 (Jun 1989)
Preview
1

OCS

Lore Score: 86%

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