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Sacred Armour Of Antiriad
One of our entries for first Retro Remakes games competition. An epic game from the classic Commodore 64.

Antiriad gets 83% at Acid Play.
Download details
Platform: Windows
Rating: Universal
   
Download (5.76Mb)

This is V1.01 (13-8-2003)
Some small bug fixes - thanks for your feedback.
 

Instructions
You are Tal, the last hope for mankind's successors in a post-apocalyptic world which has been destroyed by the invasion of a hostile alien race. The legendary sacred armour of Antiriad, an advanced anti-radiation suit, is the only weapon available to overthrow them. You have to find the suit and its components that are strewn about the landscape and then to use it to free your people.

This is a popular game from the 8-bit computers, and we feel we have done a faithful remake. However, it is not an easy game and exploration and learning is essential. If you are stuck, do a search on Google for Antiriad and you will find plenty of maps and solutions. If you are really stuck, try our getting started video 2Mb (Windows Media file)
 
Remake Details
So many rave reviews about this one - we just had to attempt a remake of it. The main code has taken a little over a week to complete. The graphics elements of the game will be recreated in a hybrid style of spectrum/c64 and Amstrad - all in glorious 32 bit colour.

Each 8 bit version has its own merrits - each of which will be recreated into an "easier" game than its original.

Now completed I can also tell you that we improved the gameplay slightly by allowing TAL (when not in his suit) to throw his little rock with a varying throwing arc. This is accomplished by pressing up/down whilst holding the fire button.

We sprused up the sfx by having the suit announce its status rather than just having it scroll across the status bar.


Game Background
Original game publisher : Palace Software (UK) 1986


Terms of Use

This software is Freeware. It is not Public Domain. This means that you are free to download and install this software on your computers. We are happy for you to give this game to your friends as long as you give them the original installer. You are not allowed to put this software on a compilation CD or distribute it in any way for profit in part or whole. If you would like to include this game on your website, please link to this page unless we have made alternate arrangements with you.


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