Lethal Xcess is a shoot 'em up game developed by two members of the Atari ST demo crew X-Troll and published by Eclipse in 1991.
Lethal Xcess was coded by Claus Frein and Heinz Rudolf. Originally it was planned to be an independent release, but in the end it became the sequel to Wings of Death and features music by Jochen Hippel. Lethal Xcess has been the first commercial project of Frein and Rudolf, although they had some offers before. Due to t...
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Lethal Xcess is a shoot 'em up game developed by two members of the Atari ST demo crew X-Troll and published by Eclipse in 1991.
Lethal Xcess was coded by Claus Frein and Heinz Rudolf. Originally it was planned to be an independent release, but in the end it became the sequel to Wings of Death and features music by Jochen Hippel. Lethal Xcess has been the first commercial project of Frein and Rudolf, although they had some offers before. Due to the disappointing sales, both coders quit the gaming industry and became IT consultants later.
The only available versions are for Amiga and Atari ST, both have been done by the original developers. While it's a slightly above average shooter on the Amiga platform, it drives the weaker Atari ST hardware far beyond its limits. The technical specifications are very good and it's probably one of the technically most impressive games for the Atari ST. Besides many other technical impressive features, like digital sound, sync-scrolling, overscan,...
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