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XCellor8
Title:XCellor8
Category:Game/Action
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:16K
Machine:PAL Only
Code Type:Machine code
Distribution:Commercial/TA
Retail Price:£6.95
Game ending type:No end (no highscore)
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Released by:Gremlin Graphics
Re-released by:Top30
Code by:Strassen, Patrick
Cracked by:Bitsoft
Notes:AKA XCellor 8. Fast paced action game with a trading element. The name of the game is an alternative spelling of the word "Accelerate".
User Rating: 6.5/10 (16 votes)
XCellor8 Title Screenshot

XCellor8 Screenshot


Releases
NameReleased ByRelease DateDistributionProduct CodeRetail PriceFormatPackageRarityNotesOwned
Original releaseGremlin Graphics1986Commercial£6.95CassetteEden caseUnspecified4
1 found.


Derived Software
Banx
Discovery (Byte Games 23)
Transector (C16/MSX 19)
Vega 17
XCellor8 (Armati)


Appeared On Compilations
Omnibus II


Publications
Review: ZZAP! C16 (Magazine/English) pg. 4
Review: Zzap! 8 (Magazine/Italian) pg. 36
Review: Zzap! 15 (Magazine/Italian) pg. 43
Cheat: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 1 Issue 9 (Magazine/English) pg. 17
Review: Your Commodore February 1987 (Magazine/English) pg. 47
Review: Commodore User 39 (Magazine/English) pg. 70
Review: Aktueller Softwar... 1/1987 (Magazine/German) pg. 75
Review: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 1 Issue 7 (Magazine/English) pg. 23
Map: H And D's C16 Plu... Volume 1 Issue 10 (Magazine/English) pg. 17
News: Popular Computing... Vol 5 No 47 (Magazine/English) pg. 53


Covers
Cassette Cover
Cassette Cover
Instructions Back
Instructions Back
Instructions Front
Instructions Front


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Physical Media
Cassette
Cassette


Maps
Game Map Preview
Download: xcellor8_map.gif
Created by Noro
Description: Game Map
Dimensions: 1900x1913
File size: 202 KB. Created in 2003.


The Crafts








Instructions Mistake
The instructions leaflet reports CONTROL key in the controls scheme to exit from the shop, but in the verbose instructions the real one has been indicated (CLR/HOME).


The Authors Original Game Story!
Patrick Strassen has kindly scanned a copy of his original game information notes he sent to Gremlin Graphics in 1986. Your be astonished how much Gremlin changed the real story! Also below you can gaze at Patricks production artwork:




Cheats - How do I use cheats?
Run/Stop + Reset
Stop game
>1A81 ##
Adjust fuel-loss speed (default: 17, higher is slower)
>1A7A 24
Unlimited fuel
>1AA6 19 A9 ##
Adjust shield-loss speed (default 01, higher is stronger shield)
>1AA1 F0 1D
Unlimited shield
>19F8 D0 08
Unlimited gun-charge
G 32BD
Restart game

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