Carrier Command (1988) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Carrier Command

Carrier Command is a landmark 1980s computer game available on Amiga, Atari ST, PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC computers. Described by The Games Machine as a "seminal game…

1 July 1988

What Carrier Command is

Carrier Command is a shooter game developed by Realtime Games Software Ltd. and released in 1988. It was published by Microplay Software. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Carrier Command is a landmark 1980s computer game available on Amiga, Atari ST, PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC computers. Described by The Games Machine as a "seminal game destined to change the state of gaming", Carrier Command won accolades from across the industry.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Carrier Command launched on 1 July 1988, within three weeks of Blaster Master and Altered Beast.

Released around the same time: Blaster Master, Altered Beast.

Carrier Command — frequently asked questions

When did Carrier Command come out?

Carrier Command was released on 1 July 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.

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