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Sword Of Sodan

General info

Amiga Original

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Stats

7,436

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Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Sword Of Sodan
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English
3
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Sword Of Sodan
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English
3
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Sword Of Sodan
Commercial
Full Price
USA
English
English
3
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Originally released worldwide by Discovery Software in 1988, the game was re-issued at full price by Innerprise after Discovery's demise in the late 1980s.

[2] SWORD OF SODAN was the winner of the 1988 "Arcade Game Of The Year" award in Commodore Computing International magazine (see HERE) [Source: Søren Grønbech (coder)].

[3] ***SWORD OF SODAN(full release)*** was made freely available for download by coder Søren Grønbech on his website HERE [Source: Søren Grønbech (coder)].

Conversion Notes

N.B. An Apple IIGS conversion was never released, despite being advertised and a demo release.

Screen info

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Scan info

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Worldwide Release (front)

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Worldwide Release (back)

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U.S. Release (front)

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Budget Release (front) [Source: mocagh.org]

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Budget Release (back) [Source: mocagh.org]

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Worldwide Release [Discovery]

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U.S. Release [Innerprise]

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Budget Release [Global Software] [Source: mocagh.org]

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Warranty Card (front)

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Warranty Card (back)

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U.S. Advert

Manual info

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Manual (English)

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Technical Supplement (English)

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Instructions (English/German/Italian) [Budget] [Source: mocagh.org]

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On the high score table, enter “NANCY” for your name. This will give you infinite lives. Press ‘RETURN’ to skip levels.

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 10 (Mar 1989)
82%
Chris Holmes
1
Amiga Force
6 (Jun 1993)
48%
Chris Hayward
Miles Guttery
Re-release
0
Amiga Format
47 (Jun 1993)
52%
James Leach
Re-release
1
Amiga Power
27 (Jul 1993)
29%
Mark Winstanley
Re-release
2
Amiga Resource
Summer 1989
10/20
Troy Tucker
1
Amiga User International
Vol 2 No 10 (Oct 1988)
9/10
Tony Horgan
3
Amiga World
Vol 5 No 3 (Mar 1989)
Ryan
0
Commodore Computing International
Vol 7 No 3 (Nov 1988)
9/10
Tony Horgan
0
Computer + Video Games
90 (Apr 1989)
85%
Paul Glancey
0
CU Amiga
Mar 1989
83%
Mark Heley
2
Datormagazin
No 1 (Jan 1989)
3.7/5
Magnus Friskytt
0
Info
25 (Mar - Apr 1989)
4/5
Tom Malcolm
0
Oberoende Computer
No 3 (Feb 1989)
1
ST Amiga Format
9 (Mar 1989)
76%
1
The One
6 (Mar 1989)
62%
Gary Whitta
2
The One
56 (May 1993)
34%
David Upchurch
Re-release
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Info
23 (Nov - Dec 1988)
Preview
0
ST Amiga Format
8 (Feb 1989)
Mark Higham
Preview
1

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Lore Score: 60%

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