[1] Game contents contained a sci-fi novella by UK novelist/scriptwriter James Follett that described the background story, along with a playguide, keyguide and giant game poster. A cassette recording of the full instrumental track of the game's sampled theme song by Dave Lowe was also included.
[2] Original disk uses a dual floppy format that can boot either the Amiga or Atari ST version of the game.
[3] Sampled music is only played over the titlescreen on Amiga machines with at least 1MB ram.
[4] More info. about game development is contained on The Bird Sanctuary website.
[5] Distributed in Finland by Toptronics, in Germany by Ariolasoft, and in Italy by Leader.
Amiga and Atari ST versions were simultaneously released.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, Tandy
N.B. A C64/128 conversion was aborted and never officially released (see HERE).
UK Release (front)
UK Release (back)
U.S. Release (front) [Amiga/ST Dual Release]
U.S. Release (back) [Amiga/ST Dual Release]
Budget Release (front)
Budget Release (back)
UK Release (Amiga/ST dual floppy)
U.S. Release (Amiga/ST dual floppy)
U.S. Release (Amiga/ST dual floppy) [alt]
Budget Release (Mirror Image)
Budget Release (Mirror Image) [alt]
Budget Release (Kixx)
Audio Tape
U.S. Advert (CGW 55 1/1989, Page 63)
U.S. Advert [2]
UK Advert [1] [Source: Atari Mania]
UK Advert [2] [Source: Atari Mania]
Finnish Advert [Source: Atari Mania]
Italian Advert [Source: Atari Mania]
German Advert (PowerPlay 1/1989, Pages 46 & 47)
UK Advert (CU Amiga 1/1992, Page 66) [Budget]
UK Advert (CU Amiga 11/1992, Page 24) [Budget]
Playguide (English) [Source: Retro Commodore]
Novella (English) [Source: Retro Commodore]
Playguide (German) [Source: Retro Commodore]
Novella (German) [Source: Retro Commodore]
Keyguide (English) [Source: Atari Mania]
1st: Slow down the ship completely and press ‘F’ for fixed sights. Press the ‘BACKSPACE’ key to pause the game.
2nd: Type “WERE ON A MISSION FROM GOD” and press ‘1’. This should make you invincible. Press ‘K’ to receive all weapons.
WHERE TO GET WHAT AND HOW:
BOUNCING BOMBS:
Castron Depot, use on projector bases only.
MISSILES:
Millway Depots, use on walkers, stompers, etc…
CUBOIDS:
Use a lot of energy, given to you by Prof Taymar.
NEUTRON BOMB:
Use on space station only.
CASK OF VISTAN VINE:
Get from pirates, or trade a boink at the Castron Depot.
CLUSTER OF NODULES:
On beautiful downtown Dante.
EGRON MINI-ROCKET:
Surface of Aldos or Q-beta.
CASE OF NUKE FUEL:
Aldos surface.
ASTEROID:
Between Apogee and Millway, in the asteroid belt.
FLAT DIAMOND:
Capture a mech whale, take it to the Questa Depot, and trade it in for a flat diamond.
LUMP OF MINERAL ROCK:
Q-beta surface.
CRATE OF CASTROBARS:
Go to Enos and grab a tree, trade it in at the Castron Depot (“LOOKEVERYBODY! TOOTHPICKS!!!”).
PROFESSOR TAYMAR:
After getting all of the above ingredients, go to broadway.
Make sure you have a crate of castrobars in the hold.
Cruise the surface and tractor beam the first emma 2 you see.
Bring it aboard. Taymar is inside. He will install the cuboid launcher and agree to go to apogee. Take him to the Apogee Depot. When the neutron bomb is built, take it to Q-beta’s false moon. If all 6 projector bases have been rebuilt, drop by one and blow it up. You will see the space station, surrounded by mini-sentinels. Take a couple out with missiles. Move toward the station, and when you’re directly over it, drop the bomb. A massive explosion follows, and you win the game!!!
CGA
EGA
VGA
No maps found.