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Flying Shark

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2003-11-20

Stats

4,694

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Arcade
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Sharp X68000
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

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Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Lead programmer
Additional programming

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1988
Flying Shark
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
Rare

Notes

TRIVIA: Remarkably, the Amiga conversion was ported from the Atari ST in less than 2 weeks during November 1988. The coders were told by Firebird to perform the Amiga conversion as quickly as possible, presumably because the December Christmas sales period was looming. Most of the heavy lifting with the game coding was done by Rob Hylands, with coding support provided by Rob Brooks purely because Rob Hylands had had very little exposure to the Amiga previously. [Source: coder Rob Brooks, via messages posted on EAB - specifically, see EAB posts #27 and #36]

Conversion Notes

Based on 1987 Taito coin-op; ported from 1988 Catalyst Coders/Firebird Atari ST release.

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Box scan OCS no. 2

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
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Taito Game Catalogue 1988

Manual info

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Instructions (English)

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On the high score table enter any of the following for your initials:

 

“KDJ”____________________For infinite lives.

“PJA”__________________Infinite smart bombs.

“RLH”__________________________For acid men.

“JGL”____________________For full firepower.

“RAB”_________________________Invincibility.

“HSC”________________Turns the screen black.

Note that you enter the first two letters as normal, then press and hold ‘5’ on the numerical keypad, then enter the third letter to register the cheat.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Arcade
Conversion Arcade

Conversion Arcade

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
No conversion screens found.
Sharp X68000
Conversion Sharp X68000

Conversion Sharp X68000

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Conversion Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Conversion Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
19 (Apr 1989)
895/1000
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 8 (Aug 1989)
Andrew Farrell
0
CU Amiga
Mar 1989
73%
Mark Heley
1
Datormagazin
No 3 (Feb 1989)
2/10
Lennart Nilsson
0
The Games Machine
17 (Apr 1989)
72%
1
Zzap
48 (Apr 1989)
68%
Gordon Houghton
Maff Evans
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
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