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Seiddab Trilogy

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explode when the player gets too close. They may be shot using the Z5's lasers, or dodged. An exploding mine rocks the players craft altering its course. The third ring of defence is studded with missile silos, which may be attacked with the Z5's lasers. If the player manages to penetrate the command zone, the base must be repeatedly strafed while avoiding its defensive firepower.
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The screen displays a cockpit with a horizon of mountains, and enemy craft displayed, and crosshair sights of the Z5's weaponry. There is also a radar display which switches on automatically when an enemy hover fighter is detected, and places a small box near the enemy location indicating the range
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At any time the player may be attacked by Seiddab fighters. The Z5 is armed with air-to-air missiles that can be used to destroy the enemy fighters before they come into range. Once they are visible, the lasers must be used. Weapon selection is automatic - if the target is below the horizon lasers
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The game requires the player to attack the Seiddab base, which is protected by three rings of defense. The first consists of robotically controlled tanks which fire missiles; these tanks can be destroyed by laser fire. The second ring is an area of mountains protected by mines, which are set to
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Below the main display are indicators for fuel, armament type in use and hull temperature, which increases to a critical point with each enemy strike.
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said that "the controls are difficult to handle and of the type where you lose position rapidly through having to over-correct continually", while
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awarded 5 out of 10, criticizing the unclear, flickering display but praising a sophisticated concept and satisfying explosions.
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was released in 1984 by Hewson Consultants, and is the only game of the series that was also published for the
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were unimpressed with the 3D effect and felt that the enemy ships were indistinct and the action unexciting.
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will be used, but if the target is above then missiles will be fired.
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was published in 1985 by Hewson Consultants. Its working title was
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decided that "the display is wonderful, the best three dimensional
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to the fighter. At this stage missiles may be fired and forgotten.
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An additional audio track was included on the cassette tape.
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While 219: 679:"Screen Test: Spectrum". 662:"Spectrum Software Scene" 371:only gave the game 6/10, 333: 330: 40: 229:was released in 1983 by 757:(21). Newsfield: 44–45. 733:"3D Lunattack Review". 711:"3D Lunattack Review". 681:Personal Computer Games 263:Personal Computer Games 815:ZX Spectrum-only games 668:(24): 47. March 1984. 683:(5): 81. April 1984. 522:. The game combines 650:(4): 54. June 1984. 454:The Seiddab Trilogy 346:90% (A CRASH Smash) 327: 200:Rotronics Wafadrive 195:The Seiddab Trilogy 90:The Seiddab Trilogy 36:The Seiddab Trilogy 432:Hewson Consultants 325: 311:Currah Microspeech 250:Critical reception 231:Hewson Consultants 198:by Hewson for the 170:Hewson Consultants 117:3D Seiddab Attack: 68:Hewson Consultants 810:ZX Spectrum games 574:3D Seiddab Attack 503: 502: 362: 361: 244:3D Seiddab Attack 238:3D Seiddab Attack 183:3D Seiddab Attack 172:. 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Index

3D Lunattack

Developer(s)
Graftgold
Publisher(s)
Hewson Consultants
Designer(s)
Steve Turner
Platform(s)
ZX Spectrum
Genre(s)
Shoot 'em up
Single-player
Steve Turner
Graftgold
ZX Spectrum
Hewson Consultants
3D Space-Wars
Rotronics Wafadrive
3D Space Wars
Hewson Consultants
Your Spectrum
Sinclair User
Personal Computer Games
Commodore 64
Currah Microspeech
Crash
Sinclair User
Sinclair User
CRASH

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