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Desolator

System(s): Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

Publisher: U.S. Gold (UK)

Erbe Software (ES)

Developer: Alpha Denshi, Sega

Source Software

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
UK	1988	£19.9919.99
UK (Cassette)	1988	£9.999.99
UK (Disk)	1988	£14.9914.99
UK (Cassette)	1988	£9.999.99
UK (Disk)	1988	£14.9914.99
ES (Cassette)	19xx		SE 426
UK (Cassette)	1988	£8.998.99
UK (Disk)	1988	£12.9912.99

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Desolator is an overhead beat-'em-up arcade game originally released in the arcades as Kyros (Kyros no Yakata in Japan). It was developed by Alpha Denshi and released in 1986.

Sega are credited in many of the home conversions of the game, suggesting that they may have held the license to the game in Europe for a period. It is unknown whether this includes the arcade original (possibly called Halls of Kairos/Halls of Kyros?), but seems to include home ports to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. Unusually there is no Amiga version, however there is an unrelated MSX game by Gremiln Graphics.

Desolator is said to have heavily influenced Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

Magazine articles

Main article: Desolator/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in ACE (UK) #10: "July 1988" (1988-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Atari ST version

Atari ST, UK
Cover

Amstrad CPC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

ACE (UK)

51

^[1]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

90

^[2]

	70
Based on 2 reviews

Desolator

Amstrad CPC, UK (cassette)

Amstrad CPC, UK (disk)

Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette)

Commodore 64 version

Commodore 64, UK (cassette)
Cover
Cassette

Commodore 64, UK (disk)

ZX Spectrum version