Ajax (video game)

Infobox VG| title = Ajax


developer = Konami
publisher = Konami
designer = K. Hiroshita and team
released = 1987
genre = Shooter game
modes = Single player, 2 player co-op
cpu=KONAMI, Z80, M6809
sound=YM2151, K007232
cabinet=Vertical
display=Raster, 224 x 288 pixels, 2048 colors
input = 8-way Joystick, 3 Buttons for Shoot, Bomb and Special Power
platforms = Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

"Ajax" is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Konami in 1987. The game was also released on the home computer systems ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 in 1988 by Imagine Software under the name "Typhoon".

The players controls a helicopter (in the 2D stage) and later a fighter jet (in the 3D stage), and shoots enemies in the air and bomb them on the ground, collecting power-ups and defeating bosses to advance levels.

Ports

The IBM PC and Tandy 1000 ports were done by Banana Development, Inc. (Programmer - Logan Poelman, Art - Chris Grow and Brenda Johnson, Music - Kris Krug) It was written completely in 8086 assembly language. To support flicker free scrolling, double buffering was used. The music routines supported 4 note polyphony on suitable sound hardware, as well as interrupting to play sound effects related to the game play. (The computer graphics and the music for the game were actually authored/transcribed on an Amiga 500 and then the files transferred to the IBM platform used by the software designer.Fact|date=November 2007)

External links

*KLOV game|id=6837|name=Ajax
*WoS game|id=0005493|name=Typhoon