Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine (1988)

Developer

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Publisher

Hewson Consultants, Acclaim Entertainment

Platforms

Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System

Genres

Shooter

Rating

2.7 of 5, 10 player ratings

How it feels

A tight Hewson shoot-em-up from 1987 with punishing difficulty, sci-fi atmosphere, and a memorable Jeroen Tel soundtrack.

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About

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shoot 'em up developed and published in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, and was then ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, and Amiga. It was programmed by Raffaele Cecco. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Atari ST versions featured a main theme by Dave Rogers, while the Commodore C64 version (later released on the Wii's Virtual Console service) featured a completely different theme by Jeroen Tel.

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