OCS no. 1
OCS no. 2

ISS: Incredible Shrinking Sphere

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2021-07-16

Stats

2,704

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Concept, Game design
Game design

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
ISS: Incredible Shrinking Sphere
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Distributed in France by Ubi Soft.


TRIVIA: Game designer Anna Ufnoswki apparently drew inspiration for this maze game from the intricate weave she saw on a pair of slippers - believe it or not! [Source: ACE review, Issue 17 (Feb 89), pp52-53].

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Foursfield/Electric Dreams C64/128 release.

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Box scan OCS no. 2

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Planisphere

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UK Advert (Commodore User Amiga-64 2/1989, Page 53)

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Italian Advert

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French Advert

Manual info

OCS: 1 manual    
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Manual (English/French/German)

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No cheats found.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
20 (May 1989)
923/1000
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 1 (Jun 1989)
76%
Stewart C. Russell
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 6 (Jun 1989)
Richard Silsby
0
Datormagazin
No 5 (Apr 1989)
4/10
Magnus Friskytt
0
The Games Machine
17 (Apr 1989)
80%
1
Zzap
48 (Apr 1989)
90%
Gordon Houghton
Maff Evans
Kati Hamza
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ST Amiga Format
7 (Jan 1989)
Mark Higham
Preview
1
The Games Machine
13 (Dec 1988)
Barnaby Page
Preview
1

OCS

Lore Score: 67%

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