ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Recoil

Recoil: Mega Mix

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

No WHDLoad installer.

Stats

1,407

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
2019
Recoil
AKA Recoil: Mega Mix
Reverse Engineered Modification
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
Common as mud

Notes

[1] Game design by Joffa Smith (Smifff). Amiga conversion reverse engineered from the Atari ST release by Phill Boag-Butcher (Galahad); original Atari ST coding & graphics by Joffa Smith (Smifff). Original music by Keith Tinman and Amiga music conversion/remix by Alvaro Delgado Reinoso (ADRDesign); sound FX by Joffa Smith (Smifff).

[2] Magazine Publisher:Zero #1, Nov 1989 [dual format (Amiga/ST) coverdisk].

[3] Game supports PAL/NTSC screenmodes.

[4] Brief instructions for the original Atari ST coverdisk release of RECOIL are available HERE. [Source: Zero #1, Nov 89, p18; courtesy of the Amiga Magazine Rack (AMR)]

[5] ***RECOIL V1.3(full coverdisk conversion + scene intro)*** is available for download from these sources:

RECOIL V1.3(disk version) [Source: Scoopex demoscene website]
RECOIL V1.3(disk version) [Source: coder Phill Boag-Butcher(Galahad), via message posted on EAB]
RECOIL V1.3(disk/HD versions) [Source: EAB FTP site]


TRIVIA: First appearing on Zero coverdisk #1 in November 1989 for the Atari ST, RECOIL is essentially a rejigged release of the 1988 Sinclair User covertape game HYPER ACTIVE (cf. the C64/128 conversion), which too was programmed by Spectrum coding virtuoso Joffa Smith.

Conversion Notes

Screen info

ECS / OCS
Screenshot ECS no. 3

Intro Sequence - Promotion of Ocean Games

Screenshot ECS no. 4

Credits

Screenshot ECS no. 5

Let's GO! Start your engine and mount your ship!!

Screenshot ECS no. 6

Incoming! Use your dashboard's radar to pre-emptively blast the bad guys!!

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

Atari ST Coverdisk Release [Source: Zero (Issue 1), Nov 1989 (dual format - Amiga/ST) coverdisk #1]

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Atari ST Coverdisk Instructions [Source: Zero (Issue 1), Nov 89, p18]

ECS no. 2

RECOIL (beta version) running on Amiga coding virtuoso Phill Boag-Butcher's A1200 for the first time in 2016. Cheers for the Ami conversion Galahad! 8-D

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

RECOIL - Atari ST Coverdisk Instructions [Source: Zero (Issue 1), Nov 89, p18]

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Conversion info

Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

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