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SideArms

SideArms

Also known asSideArms: Hyper Dyne

Credits

Released:

1988(37 years ago)

Publisher:

Re-releaser:

Developer:

Producer:

Pacific Dataworks International

Coder:

Scott Maxwell

Box Art:

Akira Yasuda

Information

Main Control:

Joystick (Port 2)

Players:

1 or 2, Simultaneous

Language:

English

Retail Price:

£9.99 Tape
£11.99 Disk

Tape Loader

Procass

Used in GO! release (1988)

Procass

Used in Kixx re-release

Categorization

Genre:

Shoot'em Up,H-Scrolling

Tags:

Action,Side view,Shooter,Sci-fi/futuristic

Tie-In License

Name:

Side Arms: Hyper Dyne

Type:

Arcade coin-op

Owner:

Capcom(Japan)

Reference:

Side Arms: Hyper Dyne on KLOV

Magazine Reviews

ACE No. 8 (may 88), p59 Review by Andy Smith. GO! full-price release	594/1000
Commodore Computing Int. (may 88), p97 Review by Bud Vennos. US Gold full-price release (scan missing)	59%
Commodore User (dec 88), p21 Review by Tony Dillon. GO! full-price release	52%
Commodore User No. 54 (mar 88), p40 Review by Mark Patterson. GO! full-price release	2/10
Games Machine No. 4 (mar 88), p51 GO! full-price release	59%
Power Play (jan 88), p30 GO! full-price release (scan missing)	4.5/10
Zzap!64 No. 35 (mar 88), p88 Review by Paul Glancey, Paul Sumner & Steve Jarratt. GO! full-price release	61%
Average magazine rating: Based on 7 magazine reviews	51%

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Graphics: 3 ‧Music: 2 ‧Playability: 5 ‧Overall: 4

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Thelead2024-02-01 1/10

(1/10)

Another absolute pig of a conversion from Lyndon & Arseociates. An ugly, slow and tedious attempt at a conversion of a pretty awful arcade machine. This is horrific stuff with terrible scrolling and worse collision detection. A stinker...AVOID!

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fyl20492023-03-22 1/10

(1/10)

Awful, hideous, sub-standard attempt to make a shoot'em up with annoying sounds. I couldn't endure more than 10 seconds of it.

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stooart2014-09-27 4/10

(4/10)

A very below average shooter with bland gfx, blippy SFX and a grating tune! It loops back to the beginning at the end too! 'Nuff said. :yuck:

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bronstein2009-05-10 5/10

(5/10)

Let's face it: Commie games are not about graphics in the first place, but a shoot 'em up has to deliver spaced out graphics and music. If it fails on these, it doesn't work. That's why Side Arms doesn't work.

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T2KFreeker2007-09-12 10/10

(10/10)

Don't be fooled, Side Arms is awesome, and the C64 version is quite nice. Not quite as graphically sharp as other versions, but still the pain in the ass it was in the arcades. It ain't R-Type, but it is still a very good game.

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The Alchemist2007-02-26

Remember this! Utter crap :yuck:

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Kalevala2004-05-01

For some reason I really liked this game years ago. I can't understand why - you just fly up and down while shooting like crazy. Wow... That's fun...

TWR2003-03-26

Pretty nice graphics and sound but no big hit in game-play. Zybex and Jetboys are far better.