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|Year:|| 1986
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|Music by:|| [[Dave Rogers]]
 
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== CPCGameReviews ==
 
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|rowspan=2  valign="middle"|[[Image:radzone.png|160px|RadZone]] 
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|Some time ago, a nuclear reactor on a colony on another planet exploded and contaminated the entire landscape with radioactive material.
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You have been sent to clear the mess and turn each sector into a 'safe zone' by collecting tokens. This game features some very odd mutated creatures and a wide variety of puzzles, as most of the tokens are in fairly inaccessible places on each sector.
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Despite the nice graphics and some stonking music, the game is difficult and the character you control can be quite awkward to get him to do what you want.
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|align="right"|Rating 5
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|From [[CPCGameReviews]]
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== Plot ==
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The colonisation team had almost completed their task when a nuclear power unit went super-critical. The base had to be abandoned. It is now down to you to make the planetoid safe again! You do this by moving around the planetoid, "decontaminating" it - collecting all the radioactive objects - and when each screen is cleared, it becomes a Safe Zone. A screen which no longer exposes you to radiation - something which happens all the time in non-safe screens. Of course, there are highly radioactive life forms to avoid as well. Once all screens have been made safe, you complete the game. You have a few spare radiation suits (lives) on the start screen. Without a suit, you are highly vulnerable.
  
 
== Screenshots ==
 
== Screenshots ==
  
 
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image:RadzoneStart.png
 
image:Radzone screenshot 1.png
 
image:Radzone screenshot 1.png
 
image:Radzone screenshot 2.png
 
image:Radzone screenshot 2.png
image:Radzone screenshot 3.png
 
 
image:Radzone screenshot 4.png
 
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image:RZscr4.png
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image:RZscr5.png
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image:RZscr6.png
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image:RZscr8.png
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image:Radzone_safezone.png
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image:Radzone_Acropolis.png
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image:Radzone_MissionCompleted.png
 
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</gallery>
  
== Cover ==
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== Inlay ==
  
 
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image:radzone inlay.jpg|
 
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image:Radzone_aimofgame.jpg|
 
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== Links ==  
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[[Category:Games]][[Category:Games 1986]]
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== Reviews ==
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* [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:AA50RadzoneReview.png Reviewed here in Amstrad Action Issue 10]
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* [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:Amtix_10_Page_090.jpg Amtix Review]
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* [http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/r/index.html#radzone CPC Game Reviews]
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== Links ==
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* [http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1747 CPC Power]
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* [http://java.cpc-live.com/game.php?id=-R-&title=radzone Java CPC]
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* [http://www.genesis8bit.fr/amstrad/game-rom/amstrad-game.php?prog_id=3779&title=Radzone&creator=Mastertronic Genesis 8Bit]
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* [http://www.video-games-museum.com/en/game/Rad-Zone/38/3/26764 Video Games Museum]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IoKAvxg2Rw YouTube clip]
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* [http://www.amstradabandonware.com/en/gameitems/radzone/482 Amstrad Abandonware]
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* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/interviews/interviews.php?interview=10 TACGR Interview with Dave Rogers (1998)]
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* [http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/spectrum-games-programmer-interview.html ZX Spectrum Games interview with Dave Rogers (March 2010)]
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* [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/off-topic/what-a-wonderful-site-and-hello-out-there-)/ Colin Hogg forum comments (March 2009)]
  
== Download ==
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== Cheats/Hints ==
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* [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:TAU_21Page12.JPG The Amstrad User Cheat Mode]
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* KEYPRESS CHEAT: Just before you change screens, hold down CTRL + SHIFT + COPY
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Now simply enter the number you want (1-42) and you will be transported to that screen. 42 screens in the game! Helps cut down the travel time.
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* Infinite Lives: [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/imgs/a/a0/RADZONE.DSK Hacked Radzone .dsk file]
  
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== Download  ==
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* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=716 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]

Latest revision as of 21:09, 27 January 2014

RadZone by Mastertronic

Radzone is a game from Mastertronic

Information

Title: Radzone
Company: Mastertronic
Written by: Colin Hogg
Music by: Dave Rogers
Type: Platform
Year: 1986

Plot

The colonisation team had almost completed their task when a nuclear power unit went super-critical. The base had to be abandoned. It is now down to you to make the planetoid safe again! You do this by moving around the planetoid, "decontaminating" it - collecting all the radioactive objects - and when each screen is cleared, it becomes a Safe Zone. A screen which no longer exposes you to radiation - something which happens all the time in non-safe screens. Of course, there are highly radioactive life forms to avoid as well. Once all screens have been made safe, you complete the game. You have a few spare radiation suits (lives) on the start screen. Without a suit, you are highly vulnerable.

Screenshots

Inlay


Reviews

Links

Cheats/Hints

Now simply enter the number you want (1-42) and you will be transported to that screen. 42 screens in the game! Helps cut down the travel time.

Download