Sanxion

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Description

Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up where you fight your way through wave after wave of colourful enemies, using a futuristic looking aeroplane. The screen is divided in two, with one third at the top of the screen showing a bird's eye panoramic view of the surroundings and your plane, and the two thirds at the bottom showing the actual battlefield. The scrolling speed is controlled by the player, as the scrolling slows down when the plane nears the left side of the screen, and picks up speed as the plane moves towards the middle. The game does not feature any end bosses or power-ups, instead the player is treated to a non-lethal bonus stage after each completed level, where the aim is to shoot, collect or avoid obstacles in a race against time.

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Alternate Titles

• "Sanxion: The Spectrum Remix" -- ZX Spectrum title

Part of the Following Groups

• Electronic Arts' Amazing Software line
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

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Critic Reviews

Zzap!	Commodore 64	Nov, 1986	93 out of 100	93
Computer Gamer	Commodore 64	Dec, 1986	90 out of 100	90
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	May, 1989	85 out of 100	85
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Dec, 1986	8 out of 10	80
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Jun, 1989	75 out of 100	75
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Jun, 1989	71 out of 100	71
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Commodore 64	Oct 26, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Nov, 1986	7 out of 10	70
Popular Computing Weekly	Commodore 64	Oct 09, 1986		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Commodore 64	Mar, 1988	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Gold Rush

Thalamus ran a 'Willy Wonka' type competition with the Spectrum release of this game. Some copies of the game were issued on gold coloured cassettes and purchasers were invited to call the Thalamus hotline to claim their free prize.

Music

The music track Thalamusik from this game, composed by Rob Hubbard, the man who also created themes for such well-known titles, as Commando and Monty on the Run, was very popular after release and there are dozens of remixes available.

Related Web Sites

• The c64 portal (Web-site, where you can find original music and remixes from many Commodore 64 games in native *.sid format. )