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1983 video game
1983 video game
Beach-Head
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Developer(s)
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Publisher(s)
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- EU
:
Eaglesoft (MSX)
- EU
:
France Image Logiciel (Thomson)
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Designer(s)
| Bruce Carver
Kevin Homer
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Platform(s)
| Acorn Electron
,
Amstrad CPC
,
Atari 8-bit
,
Apple II
,
BBC Micro
,
Commodore 16
and
Plus/4
,
Commodore 64
,
Enterprise
,
MSX
,
Thomson MO5
,
Thomson TO7/70
,
ZX Spectrum
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Release
| 1983
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Genre(s)
| Shoot 'em up
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Mode(s)
| Single-player
,
two-player
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Beach-Head
is a
video game
developed and published in 1983 by
Access Software
for the
Atari 8-bit computers
and
Commodore 64
in the US. Versions for the
ZX Spectrum
,
BBC Micro
, and
Acorn Electron
(as well as the Atari and C64 versions) were published in Europe by
U.S. Gold
in 1984, followed by versions for the
Amstrad CPC
,
Commodore 16
and
Plus/4
in 1985.
Gameplay
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The game's setting is the
Pacific Ocean theater
of
World War II
.
[1]
Gameplay consists of several varying stages in which the player must control various vehicles including warships and tanks in order to defeat an enemy fleet, break through enemy beach defences and destroy an enormous gun-emplacement to win the game. The gun emplacement requires multiple hits to be destroyed, but traverses faster than tanks can aim and fire, so it cannot be destroyed in a single attempt. In order to complete the game multiple tanks must make it through to the final level.
Reception
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Beach-Head
was Access' best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987.
[2]
It was the first U.S. Gold release to sell 250,000 copies.
[3]
Ahoy!
stated "This game is a blast". It praised the graphics and concluded: "It is a remarkable programming achievement".
[4]
Compute!
listed the game in May 1988 as one of "Our Favorite Games", stating that it was superior to its "many imitators".
[5]
Zzap!64
reviewed the game in a retrospective feature in October 1985. They argued that although it was considered impressive at the time of release it had already become dated, and was rated 70% overall.
[1]
In 1996,
Computer Gaming World
declared
Beach Head
the 117th-best computer game ever released.
[6]
Legacy
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A sequel,
Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back
, was released in 1985. A version of the game for Amiga was planned, but was cancelled when an agreement to publish with U.S. Gold could not be reached.
[7]
In 2000, a loose
remake
of the game,
Beach Head 2000
, was released for the
Windows
and
MacOS
platforms.
References
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"Beach Head"
.
Zzap64
. Newsfield. 1985. p. 62.
- ^
Ferrell, Keith (December 1987).
"The Commodore Games That Live On And On"
.
Compute's Gazette
. pp. 18?22
. Retrieved
24 January
2015
.
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"History in the Making: The First Three Years"
.
Computer and Video Games
. No. 83 (September 1988). 16 August 1988. p. 51.
- ^
Peterson, Cheryl (April 1984).
"Beach-Head"
.
Ahoy!
. p. 63
. Retrieved
27 June
2014
.
- ^
"Our Favorite Games"
.
Compute!
. May 1988. p. 12
. Retrieved
10 November
2013
.
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Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time".
Computer Gaming World
. No. 148. pp. 63?65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
- ^
"Amiga Lore - abime.net"
.
www.abime.net
. Retrieved
2021-03-20
.
External links
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