Game Info
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Developer: Palace Software
Publisher: Palace Software
Year of Release: 1986
Coding: Stanley Schembri
Graphics: Dan Malone
Music: Richard Joseph
Game Review & Impressions
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The Sacred Armour of Antiriad (or just Antiriad) is one C64 title that passed me by back in the day, but having seen people recounting find memories of it, I was curious to see what the fuss was about.
The game was coded by the late Stan Schembri, who went in to program Last Ninja 3 and Vendetta for System 3, and the graphics were created by none other than Dan Malone (Speedball 2).
The objective of the game is to locate the fabled armour or Antiriad, basically a futuristic hazmat suit, collect accompanying hover boots, raygun and explosives, then fight your way to the heart of an alien installation and blow it up. The items are situated across various screens in what is a pretty typical maze-based collect ’em up, and you’ll have to deal with respawning enemies, environmental hazards, plus the dangers of radiation in certain locations.
The pedigree of those involved in the game’s creation are not in doubt, but there’s no getting away from the fact that the design feels rather lacklustre. The main character’s rock-throwing ability is next to useless, and the way the Antiriad suit bounces off the walls becomes frustrating pretty quickly.
Perhaps I’d have appreciated Antiriad more if I’d played it at the time, but I can’t say it left much of an impression on me, other than the presentation being good. It looks great and the Richard Joseph title screen music is cool, but Barbarian is still my favourite Palace game.
Information & Trivia
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Video Notes
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Related Longplays & Videos
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Chapters
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00:00 Main menu music
02:44 Gameplay
09:29 Ending
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Matthew Ulanski
23.09.2023This was also marketed in the US as Rad Warrior. The game did carry the comic book AL82 mentioned.
Elbas Tardo
08.07.2023Asi no se ve bien, necesita un CRT.
Jabuci
19.05.2023I could never beat it 🙁
zerocool1ist
21.12.2022WOW! I totally forgot about this game just like i did Cyberdyne Warrior.
MultiJamesman
10.12.2022AKA Radwarrior, nice!
Ari Kinnunen
10.12.2022I remember having this game on my Commodore 64 in a compilation called HIT PAK.
The game is hard, but awesome 😺👍🕹️.
Babadook
10.12.2022nice game for 86
Aerith Gainsborough
10.12.2022Played this game a lot in my C64 when I was a kid.
Dirty Me
10.12.2022Why, why it gotta be "anti" riad? Why can't it be more open minded? Sheesh. Video game developers.
I remember the DOS CGA version of this. That was terrible compared to this. Also nice work.
Alejandro Alonso López
10.12.2022I love every version of this game. Aintiriad has one of the best soundtrack of 80s. Thanks!!
Lotus Petal
10.12.2022What a nifty little game! It's packed with atmosphere and reminds me of the Metroid series. A shame it's so short.
luffy666
10.12.2022good memory on cpc but the gameplay was special
Roberto Barcellos
10.12.2022Antrax
FeenieVonKarma
10.12.2022Yknow it only occurred to me MUCH later that this game had some similarities to Metroid. I got curious which came first and… both came out in '86. Crazy how similar (yet distinct) themes can be invented in two totally different places!
Also I LOVE the music in Antiriad!
Atomic Thrill Gaming
09.12.2022One of my favorite games for the C64. Played it on datasette back in the days. The enemy design is awesome.
El Hijo
09.12.2022Play x-29 for C-64…i can't find it for my emulator
Short Story Slam
09.12.2022Until you started to play this game, I thought it would be a Metroid clone
Kyntteri
09.12.20223:33 Ingame the suit is referred as Anti-Rad. So it's an anti-rad armour from Antiriad (also sacred)?
Fun fact: This game is listed as the first to feature Richard Joseph's tunes.
Ivan Cauchi
09.12.2022The killing effects sound like an exploding diarrhea 😀
Sautzer
09.12.2022Damn! Richard Joseph and Stan Schembri…both dead way to young.
StuntDummy
09.12.2022Interesting game. I can definitely comparisons to Metroid but since it came out at the same time, the game also stands out on its own.
Hygrave
09.12.2022This came out in the states as "Rad Warrior". I had it on my CoCo Tandy computer as well. It caught my eye as soon as I saw it. From the Rock throwing to finding the suit, to the reactor, the memories of young me come flooding back. Thanks a lot for this special upload.
Jesus dog för dig
09.12.2022The good old days, when you dident have to put all your years of your life to play a game.