Developer(s) Andrew Bradfield Initial release date 1986 | Artist(s) Harvey A. Kong Tin Platform Atari 8-bit family | |
Genre(s) Horizontally-scrolling shooter Publishers ICD, Inc., Red Rat Software Similar Caverns of Mars, Miner 2049er, Rescue on Fractalus!, Star Raiders, Choplifter | ||
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Laser Hawk is a horizontally-scrolling shooter released in 1986 in England for the Atari 8-bit family. It was created in Dunedin, New Zealand and released by Red Rat Software. The programmer was Andrew Bradfield. Graphics were created by Harvey A. Kong Tin.
Contents
The same team created the follow-up game, Hawkquest, released in 1989. Harvey Kong Tin was responsible for the overall design. The game used four floppy disk sides at 90K apiece.
Neither game was ported to other systems.
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Reception
A review of Laser Hawk in the January 1987 issue of Atari User concluded, "While the game concept is perhaps getting a little long in the tooth, Red Rat has tweaked it nicely, treating it in a thoughtful and refreshing way. What it may lack in originality it makes up for in finesse." The overall score was 8 out of 10.
Re-release
Laser Hawk was later included in the 4 Star Compilation, Volume 1 published by Red Rat. The other games are Escape from Doomworld, Domain of the Undead, and Panic Express.
Development
Work on Laser Hawk started in 1985 and took about a year to complete. Hawkquest was started in 1986 and finished in 1989.
Laser Hawk was originally called Hot Copter by Bradfield. Red Rat Software came up with the name Laser Hawk.