Sdaw

Sdaw
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]

Plot

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]

Development

Sdaw has a 16 colour palette and the game world's labyrinth has around 200 screens.[2] its use of "mode 0" allowed for graphics that were very difficult to find at the time.[3]

Reception

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]

References

1. Fredo_L. "Lankhor.net". www.lankhor.net. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
2. "Sdaw preview". Joystick 10. November 1990. p. 72. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
3. "Les adventures de Lankhor". Amstrad 100% (Issue 31). November 1990.
4. "Sdaw". Amstrad 100%. No. 32. December 1990. pp. 36–37.
5. "Sdaw". Joystick. No. 12. January 1991.
6. "Sdaw". Tilt. No. 88. p. 112.
7. B.J. (January 1991). "Sdaw". MicroNews. No. 44. pp. 56–57.