Description
Aliens have infested Earth, and are spreading a deadly virus throughout the planet. Needless to say, they must be stopped, and fast. The time pressure (your score upon completing a level is based on the uninfected percentage of the land) is only one difficult aspect of this shooter.
Viewed in remote 3D with a patchwork-quilt type ground effect, with trees sticking out and full gravity. Controlling your spaceship involves balancing the direction and height as well as thrusting to the right speed. A scanner tells you where the aliens are.
Alternate Titles
- "Zarch" -- Alternate title (original Archimedes platform)
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Trivia
As detailed on http://www.birdsanctuary.co.uk/virus/m.php, the Spectrum version started as a bedroom project, as
Firebird did not believe the game was viable on 8-bit systems. It was not until
Steve Dunn had written a demo of the ship flying over the landscape that anything official was signed.
Despite frequent rumours, no C64 version was officially planned however.
