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pistolhamster (25) on 10/28/2024 12:15 PM · Reply · Permalink · Report

Read this interview with the programmer Steve Hales https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/HALES.HTM

The hardest part was the AI for the enemy RoboChopers. It's not very good, but it works okay. The other hard part was tuning the game for play. The very first version we had shown at CES in 1983 was very hard to play. The first level was different, and we changed it after too many people complained.

The game couldn't possibly have been released in 1982. I haven't been able to find any game advertisements for it in 1982.

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Alaka (108405) on 10/28/2024 6:47 PM · edited · Reply · Permalink · Report

No advertisement in 1982? What do you make of this then?

https://www.mobygames.com/game/22834/fort-apocalypse/promo/group-102345/image-795440/

Reviews on file do seem to indicate a 1983 release.