Prison
Prison is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure developed and released by Krisalis Software in 1989 for the Atari ST and Amiga.
Prison is an adventure developed by Krisalis Software, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga and Atari ST/STE.
What Prison is
Prison is an adventure game developed by Krisalis Software and released in 1989. It is available on Amiga and Atari ST/STE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Far into the future, The Galatci Federation is using an abandoned planet as a penal dumping ground for their underisables. A dead planet shrouded in dank clouds, Altrax, is entirely closed to the outside universe. The only way in, is teleportation, the only way out is death for those whom capital punishment is too light a sentence. Jag Edwars is an undercover federation policeman wrongly convicted for a crime he did not commit and teleported to Altrax for life. Inside his cell, Jag is told of a pleasure craft that strayed into Altrax warning beacons and crashed into the planet. You mus recover the escape pod, but we warned! The rival gangs of alien life forms are also looking for the pod…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Prison 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.
Official trailer
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