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Asterix and the Magic Cauldron

1986 Adventure

Based on the French comic heroes Asterix & Obelix, the game is a side-scrolling beat-em up developed by Krome Studios in 1986. In super early previews from old UK magazines, you can see a tiny Asterix sprite for the C64 version but when it hit shelves worldwide, it was already renamed to Ardok the Barbarian

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Based on the French comic heroes Asterix & Obelix, the game is a side-scrolling beat-em up developed by Krome Studios in 1986. In super early previews from old UK magazines, you can see a tiny Asterix sprite for the C64 version but when it hit shelves worldwide, it was already renamed to Ardok the Barbarian

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Asterix and the Magic Cauldron: release, platforms, and facts

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Beam Software
Publisher
Melbourne House
Franchise
Asterix
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view, Third person
Themes
Action
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Amstrad CPC 1986
  • ZX Spectrum 1986

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