- Koronis Rift
"Koronis Rift" is a December 1985
computer game fromLucasfilm Games . It was produced and designed byNoah Falstein .The game was supplied on a
flippy disk . One side had the Atari version, the other side had the Commodore 64 version. The Atari version required computers with the GTIA chip installed in order to display properly."Koronis Rift" was one of two games in Lucasfilm Games' second wave (December 1985). The other was "
The Eidolon ". Both took advantage of thefractal technology developed for "Rescue on Fractalus! ", further enhancing it. In "Koronis Rift", theAtari 800 's additional colors (over those of theCommodore 64 ) allowed the programmers to gradually fade in the background.Ports
Originally developed for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Commodore 64, "Koronis Rift" was ported to several other platforms of the
home computer era, includingAmstrad CPC , Apple II,MSX , TRS-80 CoCo andZX Spectrum .External links
*moby game|id=/koronis-rift|name="Koronis Rift"
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060428061222/http://www.lucasarts.com/20th/history_1.htm LucasArts' 20th Anniversary retrospective]
* [http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?MENU=8&VERSION_ID=2836 "Koronis Rift" entry] from AtariMania
*WoS game|id=0002747
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