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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

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

  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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