Sunday, October 30, 2022

Ports of Entry: Realtime Games Software

Unknown lead platform:

 

Carrier Command

First released for Amiga in July 1988

Released for Atari ST in 1988

Released for PC in October 1989

Released for Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum in 1989

Ported to Commodore 64 in 1989

 

Battle Command

First released for Amiga, Atari ST, & PC in 1990

Released for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, & ZX Spectrum in 1991

 

Select chronology: 

 
Title Lead platform Date Contemporary ports
3D Tank Duel ZX Spectrum 1984
3D Starstrike ZX Spectrum 1984 1985 ports to Amstrad CPC & Enterprise
Carrier Command ??? 1988-7 Same-year releases on Amiga & Atari ST
1989 releases on Amstrad CPC, PC, & ZX Spectrum
1989 port to C64
Battle Command ??? 1990 Same-year releases on Amiga, Atari ST, & PC
1991 releases on Amstrad CPC, C64, & ZX Spectrum
Elite Plus DOS 1991 1992 port to PC-98
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1 comment:

  1. Richard DinsdaleNovember 4, 2022 at 6:43 PM

    3D Star Strike was a excellent game but so was Dark Star on the ZX Spectrum

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