LIST OF SOFTWARE TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE FUTURE/RECENTLY LAUNCHED
by Richard Karsmakers
* = Already published
# = Demo seen
~ = Screenshot(s) seen
- ACC: Destructor (Virus Killer, GB and USA versions), De ACN
Final Virus Killer (Virus Killer, NL version)
- Ace: Soldier of Light~
- Activision: Championship Sprint, Wonder Boy, Afterburner*,
R-Type*, Super Hangon*, Karnov (platform game), Bangkok Knights,
International Karate+*, The Last Ninja#, SDI* (this is not the
same as the one from Cinemaware), 2200 A.D., Sphere, Galaxy
Force, Altered Beast, Hot Rod, Sonic Boom, Ace Attacker, Die
Hard (the latter six are all arcade games for which Activision's
Mediagenic recently acquired the conversion right), Incredible
Shrinking Sphere*
- Actual Screenshots: I Ludicrus~
- Alternative Software: Mad Flunky, Wrangler~, Mystery of the
Indus Valley
- Anco: Maniax~
- Arcana: No Excuses~
- Atari: Hyperpaint, Hyperchart, Hyperdraw
- Axxiom: Power Styx, Gunshoot, Spinworld
- Bomico: Fugger
- Capcom: See U.S. Gold
- Cascade: Air Combat Emulator II~, Implosion, Ring Wars~, Form
Master, Disk 15 (a 15-games compilation disk at £19.95!),
Thunderwing, DNA Warrior
- CDS: Colossus Chess X*(?)
- Classic Software: Marksman
- Cobra Soft: Dames 3-D Champion
- Codemasters: Grand Prix Simulator~, Professional Rugby
Simulator~
- Coktel Vision: Jungle Book, Freedom~, Emanuelle, Terrific,
Peter Pan
- Computer Concepts: Fast Assembler
- Cosmi: See Microprose
- Creation: Stormtrooper~
- D3M: Hotball~
- Digital Insanity: DI Shell# (for Megamax C Compiler), DI Word,
ST NEWS Volume 4 Issue 1*
- Digital Magic Software: Trained Assassin~, Scorpion~
- Dinamic: See Ocean
- Domark: The Living Daylights, Live and Let Die, Trivial Pursuit
Genus 2, Return of the Jedi*, Spitting Image*, A New Beginning
- E.A.S.: Zero Gravity*
- Eclipse: Atax~, Growth~
- Electra: Steven's Wonderful Game
- Electric Dreams: See Activision
- Electronic Arts: Hyperdrive, Star Fleet, Dragon Force, Master
Ninja, Twilight's Ransom, Power Drome*, Battle Chess,
Neuromancer, Ferrari Formula One~, Populace, Fusion, Sky Fox II
- Elite: Paperboy~, Space Harrier II~, Ghosts & Goblins~, Mike
Read's Pop Quiz, A Question of Sports*
- Ere Informatique: See Infogrames
- Eurosystems: ST Copy V1.2K (A-Copy)*
- Exocet: Hyperdome~
- Faster than Light: Sundog II, RPV (kinda Starglider), Dungeon
Master extra levels~ (Chaos Strikes Back)
- Firebird: Enlightment, Harvey Headbanger, Flying Shark*,
Magnatron, Bubble Bobble II (and this is NO version created by
a 'Bubble Bobble Construction Kit'!! - YIPPIE!)
- GfA Systemtechnik: Master CAD#, GfA Assembler*, GfA Publisher,
GfA Basic 3.0 compiler (around march 1989!)
- Go!: See U.S. Gold
- Grandslam: Thunderbirds, Espionage, The Running Man, Dandy
- Gremlin: Blood Valley, Tour de Force, Duel Master, Night Raider,
Aquablast, Hercules Slayer of the Damned, Gary Lineker's Super
Skills, Gary Lineker's Hot Shot, Butcher Hill~, Ultimate Golf~
- Hewson: Roadstar, Stormlord, Astaroth, Netherworld~, Zynaps#,
Kalashnikov, Cybernoid II~, Custodian~, Battle Balley, 5th Gear
(the latter two are budget games on their Racket label)
- Imageworks: See Mirrorsoft
- Imagine: See Ocean
- Imagitec: Gemini Wing
- Incentive: Driller#, Dark Side (follow-up to Driller)
- Infocom: Zork Zero (The Revenge of Megaboz)
- Infogrames: Operation Neptune, North & South (not known whether
or not based on the TV-series), Wanted~, Tin Tin on the Moon~,
Purple Saturn Day* (follow-up to Captain Blood), Temple of the
Flying Saucers
- Interceptor: Outland~
- Lankhor: Maupiti Island~ (follow-up to Mortville Manor), Vroom,
G'nius, Mechanic Warrior
- Leisure Genius: Monopoly
- Level 9: Gnome Ranger II, Scapeghost
- Linel: Dragonslayer, Crown, Solaria, Dugger
- Llamasoft: Andes Attack
- Logotron: Xor~, Star Ray*, Star Goose*, Eye of Horus, Sargon
III*
- Magic Bytes: Paranoia~
- Mandarin Software: Rallyrun, Lombard/Rac Rally Simulator,
Lombard/RAC Rally*
- Marko Software: Marko Manager
- Martech: Hellfire Attack~
- Mastertronic: Hyperball, Rogue (?!), Kikstart II,
Stormbringer, Dan Dare, Sorcery~, Sorcery+~, Motorbike Madness*,
Hacker, Bombfusion, Rigel's Revenge (the latter three at
£9.95!), Monopoly Deluxe, Dreadnought, Aargh, Star Gate, Chase*
- Mediagenic: See Activision
- Melbourne House: Metropolis (kinda Brataccas), Grim Blood,
Wars of Middle Earth (Massive Tolkienish adventure!! Hooray!!),
Double Dragon*
- Methodic Solutions: Battle Chopper
- Microdeal/Michtron: Black Che, Fright Night#, Insanity Fight,
Talespin (including some adventures made with this Adventure
Creator), J.U.G., Guardian Moons~, Hit Disks Two, The Grail*
- Microprose: Kennedy Approach~, Airborne Ranger~, Red Storm
Rising, Project: Stealth Fighter, Times of Lore*, The President
is Missing*, Ultima V~
- Mirrorsoft/Master Designer/Mindscape/Imageworks: Sindbad~,
King of Chicago#, Obsession, Rocket Ranger, Fernandez must
Die* (by Anthony Crowther), Rocket Ranger, F-16 Combat*,
Speedball*, Blasteroids~, Interphase~
- Nexus: Chameleon~
- Novagen: Mercenary II: Damocles~ (the release date is now set
to March!), Hell Bent~
- Ocean/Imagine/Taito: Head over Heels, Target Renegade, Combat
School, Vertigo, Rambo III*, Alcon, Gladiator, Operation Wolf*,
Qix, Rastan, Daley Thompson '88, Victory Road~, Gryzor, Guerilla
Wars~, Green Beret (Yippie!!), Daley Thompson's Olympic
Challenge*, Dragon Ninja~, Batman~, WEC Le Mans~, Robocop
- Origin: See Microprose
- Palace Software: Starship, Rimrunner~, Barbarian II - The
Dungeon of Drax~, Shoot'em up Construction Set, Cosmic Pirate~
- Players: Joe Blade II~
- Precision Software: Superbase Professional Version 3
- Prism Leisure: Terra Force, Hotshot, Rocket Roger, The
Kristal~, Pub Games, Arac, Artificla Dreams~, Hyperforce~
- Psyclapse: See Psygnosis
- Psygnosis: Captain Fizz meets the Blaster-Trons*, Baal*,
Ballistix~, Aquaventura~
- Quicksilva: See Grandslam
- Racket: See Hewon
- Rainbird: Under Westminster's Bridge, Dick Special~, Assassin,
The Fish*, Weird Dreams, City States, Blazing Barrels~ (used to
be EPT), Verminator~, Myth~ (this is a Magnetic Scrolls
adventure, only for sale for members of The Official Secrets
Club)
- Rainbow Arts: Down at the Trolls*, Dragon's Flight#, To be on
Top*, Arthur & Marthur (Giana Twins in Futureland), The Deep
- Random Access: Silkworm
- Red Rat Software: Speed Run~, Quartet Gold (= Screaming Wings +
Pengy + The Secret of Steel + Cosmos), Red Ace, Time Runner
- Reline: Hollywood Poker Pro (I am beginning to have doubts
about this title ever becoming available)
- Satory: Hotball~, Reporter
- Sierra on Line: Thexder, Space Snatchers, Mickey's Space
Adventure, Looking for Love - in Several Wrong Places* (Leisure
Suit Larry II!), Kings Quest IV - The Perils of Rosella,
Police Quest II - The Vengeance
- Silmaril: Chase Manhattan~
- Softex: Dungeon Master Editor - The Ultimate Cheat Routine~
- Spectrum Holobyte: See Mirrorsoft
- Strategic Simulations Inc./Origin: Shards of Spring
(Intermediate SSI adventure), Pools of Radiance, Stellar
Crusade, Shiloh: Grant's Trail/West, Warship, Heroes of the
Lance*, Realm of the Trous
- STRIKE-a-LIGHT: Virus Fixer#
- SubLOGIC: Star Scenery Disks
- System 3: See Activision
- Systems Architecture: The Ancient Mariner~ (they DO take a
very absurdly mindbogglingly stupendously infinitely, even mind-
staggeringly long time with this!!)
- Thalamus: Quedex, Search for Sharla, Bamboo, Xenodrome,
Hunter's Moon, Armalyte, Hawkeye, Sanxion (!!)
- Thalion: Warp*
- The Edge: Risk, Inside Outing, Fairlight Trilogy, Bobby Bearing
- Titus: Off Shore Warrior*, Crazy Cars II~, Titan~, Galactic
Conquerer~
- Tommy Software: Laser Deluxe (laserprint utility), Lispas II,
Soundmachine ST*, MegaPaint 2.0~
- Toposoft: Mad Mix Game*
- Tynesoft: Blood Sever, Summer Olympiad*, Circus Games*,
Superman - Black Monday~
- Ubi-soft: Iron Lord~, Zombie, Puffy's Saga*, Final Command~,
Skateball, Night Hunter~
- U.S. Gold: Charlie Chaplin~, Road Blaster~, The Games (Winter
Edition), The Games (Summer Edition), Street Fighter*, Spy vs.
Spy III, California Games, Tower Toppler, Street Cat, Technocop*
(the latter few are all Epyx U.S.A. releases), Black Tiger~,
Red Storm, Last Duel, Forgotten Worlds, L.E.D. Storm~, Tiger
Road, Human Killing Machine, Thunderblade*, Joan of Arc, Indiana
Jones - The last Crusade, Strider
- Virgin: See Mastertronics
- Word Perfect Corporation: Word Perfect 5.0, Data Perfect, Plan
Perfect
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