Anarchy
"Whether you liked or loathed Defender, you'll love Anarchy. The speed at which the screen scrolls is frightening, the number of aliens, bullets and other miscellaneous objects that are animated simultaneously…
Anarchy is a shooter developed by WJS Design, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga and Atari ST/STE.
What Anarchy is
Anarchy is a shooter game developed by WJS Design and released in 1990. It was published by Psyclapse. It is available on Amiga and Atari ST/STE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Whether you liked or loathed Defender, you'll love Anarchy. The speed at which the screen scrolls is frightening, the number of aliens, bullets and other miscellaneous objects that are animated simultaneously is absolutely remarkable. Anarchy is the best version of Defender ever." Full screen horizontal, 4 level parallax scrolling. Arcade running speed (50 frames per second) on Amiga and Atari ST. 48 Colors on screen at once. Up to 80 aliens attacking simultaneously. Full screen animation sequences totalling over 450 screens. 4 Channel sampled soundtrack. Saveable top 50, Hi-Score table. Fast, frantic, furious gameplay.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Anarchy launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, The Amazing Spider-Man.
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