Sdaw

Sdaw is a 1990 action video game developed by Lankhor. It was created by Fabrice Caillaud, Lionel Caillaud, and Arnaud Dewilde.[1]

Sdaw
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC
Release1990
Genre(s)Action

Plot

The world has been destroyed by a global disaster (World War III), and most of the humans have turned into mutants. A few survivors created a perfect robot named S.D.A.W. (System de Defense Anti-Wobblegobbledigook). Players take control of S.D.A.W. and live in sewers. They have been given a mission to clean the area of its unwanted occupants by restraining and disarming them.[2]

Gameplay

The game's interface consists of a view in the center and action buttons at the bottom of the screen. The player navigates through the sewers by using N, S, E, and W buttons in the bottom-left side of the screen. Other buttons trigger abilities like searching through the player's inventory and examining the surroundings.

Development

The game has a 16 colour frame rate, and the game world's labyrinth has around 200 screens.[2] The game's use of "mode 2" allowed for graphics that were very difficult to find at the time.[3]

Reception

The game received an 82% from Amstrad[4], 60% from Joystick[5], and Tilt gave it a B.[6]

MicroNews felt that a bit of extra care to the design, for instance in its animations, would have livened up the game.[7]

References
  1. Fredo_L. "Lankhor.net". www.lankhor.net. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  2. "Sdaw preview". Joystick 10. November 1990. p. 72. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. "Les adventures de Lankhor". Amstrad 100% (Issue 31). November 1990.
  4. "Sdaw". Amstrad 100%. No. 32. December 1990. pp. 36–37.
  5. "Sdaw". Joystick. No. 12. January 1991.
  6. "Sdaw". Tilt. No. 88. p. 112.
  7. B.J. (January 1991). "Sdaw". MicroNews. No. 44. pp. 56–57.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.