Sidewinder
Sidewinder is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Arcadia Systems and published by Mastertronic in 1988.
Sidewinder
- Date
- 1988.
- Genre
- shoot 'em up.
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Sidewinder is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Arcadia Systems and published by Mastertronic in 1988.
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• Title — Sidewinder • Developer — Arcadia Systems • Publisher — Mastertronic • Platforms — Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player
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Computer Gaming Worlds Chuck Miller reported in June 1994 that Raptor: Call of the Shadows was the first action game to be as addictive for him as Sidewinder on the Amiga in 1988.
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