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After the War

The game has two parts. First is a side-scrolling beat'em up, with thugs coming at you constantly, and a few moves to use on them. You must cross the dangerous streets of Manhattan, which have become over-run…

31 December 1989

After the War is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Dinamic Software, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What After the War is

After the War is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Dinamic Software and released in 1989. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Year 2019, Manhattan. After a nuclear war. Out of the ashes comes a hero, Jonathan Rogers, better known as "Jungle Rogers", the owner of the asphalt jungle. The only chance of survival is to reach the airdrop platform XV-238, located in the control base of the schizophrenic assassin professor McJerin, and to escape to outer colonies.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

After the War launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did After the War come out?
After the War was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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