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Speedboat Assassin

Speedboat Assassins / 3D Boat Assassin [Prerelease name]

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2004-06-27

Stats

3,715

Conversions

Atari ST/E
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

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Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Speedboat Assassin
AKA 3D Boat Assassin
AKA Speedboat Assassins
Commercial
Budget
United Kingdom
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Speedboat Assassin
AKA 3D Boat Assassin
AKA Speedboat Assassins
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game is referred to as SPEEDBOAT ASSASSINS (plural) on the game packaging and contents.

[2] Original release contents included a 16 Blitz entertainment software catalogue.


TRIVIA: Coder Mick West was brought in to apply the finishing touches to SPEEDBOAT ASSASSINS after main coder Grant Evans died tragically in a motorbike accident in 1989 while working on the game. [Source: Interview with Mick West(coder), courtesy of Codetapper]

Conversion Notes

Amiga and Atari ST versions were simultaneously released.

N.B. A C64/128 conversion was started, but never released. [Source: GTW64]

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
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Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
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Catalogue Entry [Source: Atari Mania]

Manual info

OCS: 1 manual    
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Instructions (English/French/German/Italian) [Source: Retro Commodore]

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No cheats found.

Conversion info

Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
ACE 30 (Mar 1990)
650/1000
Laurence Scotford
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 9 (Feb 1990)
58%
Duncan Evans
1
Amiga Joker
Feb 1990
54%
Michael Labiner
1
CU Amiga
Nov 1989
38%
1
Génération 4
18 (Jan 1990)
19%
0
The Games Machine
26 (Jan 1990)
46%
Warren Lapworth
1
Your Amiga
Jan 1990
70%
Tony Hetherington
1
Zero
2 (Dec 1989)
78%
Sean Kelly
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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Issue
Rating
Reviewer
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Review
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No magazine previews found

OCS

Lore Score: 49%

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