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Goldrunner Atari ST 1987 Microdeal Steve Bak


Goldrunner



Microdeal of the U.K. released Goldrunner on the Atari ST in 1987. Goldrunner is a Defender-like notable for its fast, smooth and variable-rate screen-scrolling.

Goldrunner was programmed by Steve Bak, drawn by Pete Lyon and composed by Rob Hubbard.

Goldrunner was the first super-scroller to appear on the Atari ST.

Goldrunner displays in 16-color 320x200. Goldrunner runs on an 8 MHz Atari ST with as little as 256K of RAM.

Goldrunner Features


  • Super-smooth, super-fast, 2-way variable-rate vertical screen-scrolling
  • 192x192 active drawspace
  • Proper tile-rigged playing field with ornate bas-relief
  • Destructible terrain
  • Drop-shadowed sprites & shadowed structures
  • Tight controls & good collision detection
  • Mouse or joystick control
  • Single-player or 2-player alternating
  • On-the-fly game stats
  • Toggleable tutorial messages and music / sound effects
  • Well-chosen color palette
  • Sampled speech & good chip-tune music

What more could Atari ST owners ask for in 1987?


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