SideWinder

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Description

This vertically scrolling shoot 'em up varies from the standard for this style of game, as it also features a degree of horizontal scrolling. The screen area moves across as you reach the edge of the screen and reveals a whole new range of enemies. These include lots of static turrets as well as cannon-fodder waves of enemies.

There are 6 levels and each level starts and ends with you travelling through a tunnel, and emerging on the other side faced with a new graphical setting, be it industrial, space or woodland. After clearing the last level the tunnel leads back to the first level, so there is no real ending to the game. There are no end bosses, instead each level ends with a more difficult part with a large ground structure and increased enemies and turrets. There are 3 difficulty levels to choose from, and a 2 player mode.

Interestingly, the game was not only released for Amiga and PC, but also as a coin-op machine for arcades. The arcade version is identical to the Amiga version, the arcade PCB even contains parts of the Amiga operating system.

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• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

User Reviews

Five levels of wanton destruction

Amiga

Katakis | カタキス (42788)

Critic Reviews

The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Aug, 1988	94 out of 100	94
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	May, 1988	93 out of 100	93
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	May, 1988	9 out of 10	90
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Apr, 1988	9.8 out of 12	82
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Oct, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Commodore User	Amiga	Apr, 1988	8 out of 10	80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	Jul, 1988	701 out of 1000	70
Power Play	Amiga	May, 1988	6.5 out of 10	65
ST Action	Atari ST	Aug, 1988	65 out of 100	65
Retro Gamer	Amiga	Apr 02, 2009	Unscored	Unscored

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