Saturday, September 17, 2022

Ports of Entry: U.S. Gold

U.S. Gold's primary business was importing games by U.S. developers for European distribution, but had also published some developed locally or internally. For my intents and purposes I'm interested only in the latter category.

Unknown lead platform:

 

Heroes of the Lance

Released for Amiga, Atari ST, & PC in November 1988

Ported to Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum in 1988

Released for Commodore 64 in July 1989

Ported to PC-88 & PC-98 in October 1989

Ported to Sharp X1 in December 1989

 

Human Killing Machine

First released for PC & ZX Spectrum in 1988

Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & Commodore 64 in 1989


Wikipedia states that 1989 is the general release year while Mobygames states 1988 for PC & ZX Spectrum.

 

Dragons of Flame

First released for PC in November 1989

Released for Amiga & Atari ST in December 1989

Released for Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum in 1990

Ported to Commodore 64 in 1990


Italy 1990

Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC, & ZX Spectrum in 1990


 

OutRun Europa

Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Sega Master System, & ZX Spectrum in 1991

 

Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94

First released for PC in 1993

Released for Game Gear & Genesis in February 1994

Released for Sega Master System in July 1994

Released for Amiga & SNES in 1994


Wikipedia states that the Amiga version is 1993 while Mobygames states 1994.

Tiertex developed the Sega & SNES versions, while PC and Amiga were done internally.

 

Select chronology: 

 
 
Title Lead platform Date Contemporary ports
Dropzone Atari 8-bit 1984 1985 port to C64
Heroes of the Lance ??? 1988-11 Same-quarter releases on Amiga, Atari ST, & PC
Same-year ports to Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum
1989 release on C64
1989 ports to PC-88, PC-98, & Sharp X1
Human Killing Machine ??? 1988 Same-year releases on PC & ZX Spectrum
1989 releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & C64
Dragons of Flame ??? 1989-12 Same-quarter releases on PC, Amiga, & Atari ST
1990 releases on Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum
1990 port to C64
Italy 1990 ??? 1990 Same-year releases on various computers
OutRun Europa ??? 1991 Same-year releases on Game Gear, Master System, & various computers
Winter Olympics:
Lillehammer '94
??? 1993 Amiga, PC, & various consoles

1 comment:

  1. Outrun europe was developed by probe software. The amstrad version is a port from the master system

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