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Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shoot 'em up developed and published in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, and was then ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, and Amiga. It…

80 31 December 1988

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shooter developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd., released 31 December 1988 on Wii, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga and Amstrad CPC.

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What Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shooter game developed by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. and released in 1988. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Wii, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a shoot 'em up developed and published in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, and was then ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, and Amiga. It was programmed by Raffaele Cecco. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Atari ST versions featured a main theme by Dave Rogers, while the Commodore C64 version (later released on the Wii's Virtual Console service) featured a completely different theme by Jeroen Tel.
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How it plays

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

How it was received

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Emlyn Hughes International Soccer. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Emlyn Hughes International Soccer.

Cheats and codes

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When did Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine come out?
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine was released on 31 December 1988 for Wii, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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