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Torch 2081

Torch 2081 is a Tron-like game. You're a pilot in the World Military Service on the planet Torch. What was once your only concern, the defense of your planet against the warriors of Craylon, has now changed to…

31 December 1988

Torch 2081 is an arcade developed by Digital Concepts, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga.

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What Torch 2081 is

Torch 2081 is an arcade game developed by Digital Concepts and released in 1988. It is available on Amiga only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Torch 2081 is a Tron-like game. You're a pilot in the World Military Service on the planet Torch. What was once your only concern, the defense of your planet against the warriors of Craylon, has now changed to an even greater, more difficult challenge. Fireballs, which are what remains of planets once destroyed during an earlier interplanetary nuclear war, are now bombarding the your planet's surface and destroying its inhabitants. You must now protect the surface of Torch. Using an old S.D.G. (surface defense glider) designed for defense of the planet against the Craylon race, you must use it to construct metallic panels above the planet surface increasing the structure of the candar…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Torch 2081 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 Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did Torch 2081 come out?
Torch 2081 was released on 31 December 1988 for Amiga.

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