Leander (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Leander


developer = Traveller's Tales
publisher = Psygnosis, EA
distributor = Psygnosis, EA
designer =
engine =
version =
released = 1991 / 1992 (MD version)
genre = Action Platformer
modes =
ratings = Single Player
platforms = Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive
media = Floppy disk / Cartridge
requirements = 512KB RAM
input = Joystick

"Leander" is a computer game for the Commodore Amiga developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Psygnosis in 1991. It was the first game to be developed by Traveller's Tales.

"Leander" is likened to an earlier Psygnosis game "Shadow of the Beast" released in 1989. Like "Shadow of the Beast", "Leander" features some of the best graphics created for the Amiga. It was designed to run on the earliest Amigas with only 512KB of Chip RAM, such as the Amiga 1000 and A500, which pushed the then 6 years old OCS chipset to its limits.

The original version was developed on the Amiga, then it was converted by W.J.S Design for the Atari ST. A year later it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive as The Legend of Galahad. It was published by Electronics Arts.

Cameos from other games

In the final world, there is a secret Lemmings-styled area and the main character from The Killing Game Show as an enemy as well as a larger version of him.

In the game Puggsy, originally made for the Sega MegaDrive, and also published by Psygnosis, an 'extra-secret' level called 'Lee and Errr', which can only be accessed by working out a maths equation given during the credits after completing the story game, contains the following message written in large print in the background: 'Leander is the Galahanda on the Sega'.

External links

* [http://hol.abime.net/850 Hall of Light entry for "Leander"]
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