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Chronos

AKA: Chronos: A Tapestry of Time
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Chronos

This shoot 'em up resembles many others, but was released at budget price. You're in control of space craft Chronos, which must get way out of the Mystical Dimension it has been trapped in. This means zapping through six constantly-scrolling and diverse levels of minions including balls, ships and spinning dice. The level designs are such that many sections of barriers and force fields need to be shot before you get to them. Lots of immovable blockades and blind tunnels are in place, so the route is extremely mazy. Bonus tokens can be picked up in a sequence which grows in value progressively, so be careful to pick up the earlier ones and keep the sequence going.

Year
1987
Developer
Radical Tubes
Publisher
Mastertronic Group Ltd

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PHYSICAL

HISTORY

Chronos (also known as Chronos: A Tapestry of Time) is a shoot 'em up developed by The Radical Tubes and published by Mastertronic for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in 1987. The music was scored by Tim Follin. The game received mixed reviews upon release.

Plot

Seven Ruling Lords create their own races, with Wodan creating man and Chronos creating the "Mystical Dimension Weavers".

Development

The game was scored by the then fifteen-year old Tim Follin.

Reception

Chronos received mixed reviews.

SCORES

Source
Audience
Score
Reviews
Critics
75 / 100
1

RELEASES 3 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
ZX
ZX Spectrum
1987
Original release
CPC
Amstrad CPC
1987
Original release
PC
Windows
2016

PHYSICAL RELEASES 1 box

Chronos box art, ZX Spectrum
ZX ZX Spectrum

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