Project-X

December 31, 1992 Team17 Team17
Shooter
DOS Amiga
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Project-X is a scrolling shooter game for the Amiga computer released in 1992. It was also ported to DOS.

Developed and published by Team17, it was regarded as one of the best shooter games for that platform at the time, both for its technical excellence in graphics and sounds, and for its difficult and interesting gameplay. The game resembles Konami's side-scrolling shooter games such as Gradius, Salamander and Parodius.
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Game Info

Release Date December 31, 1992
Developer Team17
Publisher Team17
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Science fiction