Katakis

Copyright infringement

Activision Europe, the holder of the rights for home versions of the arcade game R-Type threatened legal action due to similarities of the two games. The dispute was settled by allowing Rainbow Arts to re-release Katakis as Denaris with graphical changes to mask the similarities and in an unusual twist, Rainbow Arts would handle the C64 and Amiga ports of R-Type since their ability to deliver was already proven.

Gameplay

The sound of the shooting changes its pitch along with the music playing in the background.

Awards

• Commodore Format
  • February 1991 (Issue 5) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great)
• Game Art Beyond
  • In 2018, Katakis was selected as one of the biggest classics on the Commodore 64 by the creators of the C64 graphics collection Game Art Beyond. Katakis was honoured with a high resolution title picture (based on the original box artwork) in a special C64 graphics format called NUFLI, along with a new C64 SID interpretation of the title screen tune.