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Dynamite Dan II

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Dynamite Dan II
Publisher(s)Mirrorsoft
Designer(s)Rod Bowkett[1]
Programmer(s)ZX Spectrum
Rod Bowkett
Amstrad CPC
Keith Goodyer[1]
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Release1986
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Dynamite Dan II: Dr Blitzen and the Islands of Arcanum is a platform game and the sequel to 1985's Dynamite Dan. It was written for the ZX Spectrum by Rod Bowkett and published by Mirrorsoft.[1] An Amstrad CPC port was released the same year.

Reception

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CRASH gave a 93% review[2] Readers chose it as the best platform game of the year.[3]

Your Sinclair rated it 9 out of 10.[4] Reviewers were impressed with the graphical and sound effect improvements over the original game, and the fun gameplay.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ Dynamite Dan 2 review from CRASH issue 32, September 1986; retrieved from Crash Online
  3. ^ "CRASH 38 - Readers' Awards".
  4. ^ Dynamite Dan 2 Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine review from Your Sinclair issue 9, September 1986; retrieved from The Your Sinclair Rock 'n' Roll Years
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