| Sdaw | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Fabrice Caillaud Lionel Caillaud Arnaud Dewilde |
| Publisher(s) | Lankhor |
| Platform(s) | Amstrad CPC |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Sdaw is a 1990 action game developed by Fabrice Caillaud, Lionel Caillaud and Arnaud Dewilde, and published by Lankhor for the Amstrad CPC. [1]
The world has been destroyed by a global disaster (World War III), and most of the humans have turned into mutants. A few survivors created a perfect robot named S.D.A.W. (System de Defense Anti-Wobblegobbledigook). Players take control of S.D.A.W. and live in sewers. They have been given a mission to clean the area of its unwanted occupants by restraining and disarming them. [2]
Sdaw has a 16 colour palette and the game world's labyrinth has around 200 screens. [2] it's use of "mode 0" allowed for graphics that were very difficult to find at the time. [3]
Sdaw received an 82% from Amstrad 100%, [4] 60% from Joystick, [5] and Tilt gave it a B. [6]
MicroNews felt that a bit of extra care to the design, for instance in its animations, would have livened up the game. [7]
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