Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine

December 31, 1988 Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. Hewson Consultants, Acclaim Entertainment
Shooter
C64 ZXS Wii Atari-ST Amiga ACPC NES
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Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shoot 'em up developed and published in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, and was then ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, and Amiga. It was programmed by Raffaele Cecco. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Atari ST versions featured a main theme by Dave Rogers, while the Commodore C64 version (later released on the Wii's Virtual Console service) featured a completely different theme by Jeroen Tel.
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Release Date December 31, 1988
Developer Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.
Publisher Hewson Consultants, Acclaim Entertainment
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Science fiction