Ajax

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Description

In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during eight levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien.

Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents jet fighter (behind view) and helicopter gunship (top-down view). It may be moved on the screen, fire air-to-air and air-to-ground guns and pow bomb. Limitless hordes of mechanoid invaders, whose sole intent is the total domination of the Earth, will try to stop you. Exit from each level is guarded by the powerful boss, who you should eliminate.

There are two versions of the arcade version (Typhoon in Europe and Ajax in Japan) which only differ in the order of the eight stages. The DOS and Sharp versions are based on Ajax while the Commodore 64, CPC (five levels) and ZX Spectrum (six levels) versions are based on Typhoon. The PlayStation 4 version includes both arcade versions.

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Alternate Titles

• "Typhoon" -- European title
• "Arcade Archives: Typhoon" -- PlayStation Store UK title
• "Arcade Archives: A-JAX" -- PS4 / Switch title
• "アーケードアーカイブス A-JAX" -- Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Arcade Archives series
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

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Critic Reviews

Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	71 out of 100	71
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	7 out of 10	70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Sep, 1988	7 out of 10	70
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1989	704 out of 1000	70
Power Play	Commodore 64	Dec, 1988	69 out of 100	69
ZX Spectrum Gamer	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 2012		67
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	654 out of 1000	65
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1988	59 out of 100	59
Power Play	Arcade	May, 1988	5.5 out of 10	55
Your Sinclair	Arcade	Mar, 1988	Unscored	Unscored

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