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Zarch
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Zarch (also released as Virus) is a 3D video game developed by David Braben in 1987 for the launch of the Acorn Archimedes computer. Zarch started off as a demo called Lander which was bundled with almost all release of the Acorn Archimedes.
Game data
- Released
- 1987-01-01
- User rating
- 0.00 / 5
- Genres
- Arcade, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST
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Game details · IGDB
The player, piloting a lone craft with limited firepower, must defend a finite landscape against ever increasing waves of enemy craft. In Zarch, the landscape is being invaded by aliens who are spreading a virus across the landscape. The seeder vessels are slow-moving, predictable, and easily destroyed, but as the game progresses they are supported by increasing numbers of flying support craft, which do not scatter virus but instead attack the player. The seeder vessels scatter red virus particles across the landscape. As they land, they turn the green landscape to brown and red, and cau…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Shooter, Simulator
- Platforms
- Acorn Archimedes
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Gameplay
- Radar screen
- Notable enemies
- Development
- ''Lander''
- Game engine
- Legacy
- Followup
- V2000
- See also
- References
- External links
Zarch (also released as Virus) is a 3D video game developed by David Braben in 1987 for the launch of the Acorn Archimedes computer. Zarch started off as a demo called Lander which was bundled with almost all release of the Acorn Archimedes.
In 1988, ports of Zarch, renamed Virus, were published for the Atari ST and Amiga (coded by David Braben) and IBM PC (coded by Chris Sawyer). It was later ported to the ZX Spectrum by Steven Dunn.