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One
of the best blasters ever and it's not too hard to see where the
inspiration for Katakis came from.
This
is a blatant R-Type clone, featuring
almost identical backdrops and power-ups, right down to the bolt-on/send-ahead
drone that does your dirty work for you (or at least some of it).
Official
R-Type licensees Activision were
outraged, and took out a copyright injunction preventing it's
release here in the UK. They went on to release an inferior version
of the coin-op, ironically written by the same guys behind this
game but in less time.
The
game was re-written and released under the name Denaris, but lacked
some features which made Katakis so good.
Katakis
was actually released in Germany, and some C64 users actually
have originals to prove it. Though never officially released in
the UK under the same name.
Fantastic
game... a real classic...
Frank.
(Additional
source credits - Ian Osbourne)
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