Colorado is an adventure developed by Silmarils, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
What Colorado is
Colorado is an adventure game developed by Silmarils and released in 1990. It was published by Palace Software. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
We had a pretty bad winter in 1800. With the first signs of spring, St. Louis emerged from its lethargy. The big sailboats made the journey back up the Mississippi River and lined up along the jetty. I didn't have a dime to my name. I'd spent all my savings in the local saloons. It was time to head west again and hunt beaver, so I could sell the skins to my associate at the time, Schwartzbauer the goldsmith. I only took what was strictly necessary on these expeditions - a big knife, a sturdy two-handed axe, and Betty, my famous rifle with the maplewood stock. Schwartzbauer bought me a canoe and I sailed away on a misty April morning. I was canoeing quietly up the South Platte River when I…
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.
How it was received
Colorado holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1990 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Colorado launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and The Amazing Spider-Man. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, The Amazing Spider-Man.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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