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An absorbing future sport game, developed at Binary Design. A kind of two player airball / marbles / football variant, that was really good fun.

Like most Binary Design games, this game was developed on all three main 8-bit formats (Spectrum. Amstrad, Commodore 64), but unusually the C64 version had a different Graphic Artist to the other two versions, so none of Ste's graphics appeared in the C64 release.

The game was later re-relased on the Bug-Byte budget label.

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Project details

Started:

Tue, 01 Jul 1986

Development studio:

Binary Design

Main client / publisher:

A 'n' F Software

Status:

Finished

Proper Pickford Bros game?

No, either a work-for-hire project, or we aren't claiming much credit for this game.

Core studio team:

Nick Vincent

Game Designer, Programmer, Sound Effects

Matthew Rhodes

Game Designer, Programmer

(?)

C64 Programmer

Ste Pickford

Graphic Artist

Jez Nelson

C64 Graphic Artist

David Whittaker

Music and Sound Effects

Xeno ZX Spectrum UK cover

Platform:

ZX Spectrum

Territory:

United Kingdom

Release date:

Tue, 01 Jul 1986

Title:

Xeno

Publisher:

A 'n' F Software

Developer:

Binary Design

Sales:

10,000

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Matthew Rhodes

Programmer

Xeno Amstrad CPC UK cover

Platform:

Amstrad CPC

Territory:

United Kingdom

Release date:

Tue, 01 Jul 1986

Title:

Xeno

Publisher:

A 'n' F Software

Developer:

Binary Design

Sales:

10,000

» Download this game!

Nick Vincent

Programmer

Xeno ZX Spectrum UK cover

Platform:

ZX Spectrum

Territory:

United Kingdom

Release date:

Sun, 01 Jan 1989

Title:

Xeno

Publisher:

Bug-Byte

Developer:

Binary Design

Sales:

5,000

Matthew Rhodes

Programmer

Xeno Amstrad CPC UK cover

Platform:

Amstrad CPC

Territory:

United Kingdom

Release date:

Sun, 01 Jan 1989

Title:

Xeno

Publisher:

Bug-Byte

Developer:

Binary Design

Sales:

5,000

Nick Vincent

Programmer

Ste Pickford

This was probably the second project I started work on, after 180. I can't claim any involvement in the design of this game - I was strictly the artist, and there weren't that many graphics to draw.

I can't remember the origin of the game, whether it was AnF's concept, or whether it originated at Binary Design, but I seem to remember the two main programmers, Nick Vincent and Matthew Rhodes, being most involved in the game's design.

 

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