1987 · Arcade · Shooter

Plutos

Plutos is a long lost unreleased prototype developed by Tynesoft for the Atari 7800, and appears to be a loose port of the ST/Amiga game of the same name. The existence of Plutos has been known for some time, as a physical prototype has been in hands of a collector for years, but this prototype was known to be unstable and crash frequently. The source code for Plutos was discovered in 2008 and several 7800 enthusiasts were able to get it compiled and running properly on stock 7800 hardware.

Released: 1987
Platforms: Amiga Atari 7800 Atari ST Atari ST/STE SNES
Genres: Arcade Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United Kingdom

About

Plutos is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Tynesoft and published by Micro Value in 1987. The game was released for the Amiga and Atari ST, and was a heavily inspired by the 1984 arcade game Star Force. In 1991, the game was re-issued on Prism Leisure's "16-Bit Pocket Power" imprint.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Although warning that the ST already had "scrolling shoot-em-up" games, David Plotkin of STart in 1987 liked Plutos's graphics and level design, concluding that "this is an entertaining way to work off your aggressions".