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Cosmic Pirate

Credits

Released: 1989 (35 years ago)

Publisher: Byte-BackInfo / Logos

Developer: MC LothlorienInfo / Logos

Producer: Byte-BackInfo / Logos

Coder: Mike Mannion

Musician: Paul TongeInfo

Information

Main Control: Joystick (Port 2)

Players: 1 Only

Language: English

Retail Price: £2.99 Tape (Byte-Back re-release)

Categorization

Genre: Shoot'em Up, Miscellaneous

Tags: Action, Top-down, 2D scrolling, Arcade, Shooter, Sci-fi/futuristic

Tie-In License

Type: Software

Owner: Icon Design Ltd (UK)

Magazine Reviews

C&VG, issue 96 (nov 89), p79 Byte-Back budget release	69%
Your Commodore, issue 64 (jan 90), p41 Byte-Back budget release	98%
Zzap!64, issue 55 (nov 89), p49 Byte-Back budget release	85%
Average magazine rating: Based on 3 magazine reviews	84%

Added by Kim Lemon, Nov 24, 2001. Viewed 13338 times.

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5 Comments

Sternhammer 2022-10-09

(7/10)

If you 'got' this type of game then there was lot of long term fun to be had.
An undeniably niche title but a quality game in the genre none the less..

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johncl 2010-03-01

I don't think there was any Palace branded release of this game for the C64, only the Byte-back release. One of the cover scans here is possibly from the Amiga version.

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bronstein 2008-07-24

(8/10)

How come this game is largely ignored? The critics loved it back then, some (PowerPlay) even pretended it was so sophisticated it couldn't be done on 8bit. Well, it's quite nice, actually.

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TWR 2003-05-08

I remember this game being promoted as one of the best of it's kind... It's just not my kind. When I got the DCS crack I was very disappointed. Graphics and sound is OK but game-play is utterly boooooring !!!

Lordzmyo 2003-01-28

This kinda stuff bores me stiff. This game isn't even worth the few bytes it takes on yer disk... Crap to the teeth.