Echelon (1987 video game) explained

Echelon
Developer:	Access Software
Publisher:	Access Software
Platforms:	Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64/128, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Released:	1987
Genre:	Flight Simulator

Echelon is a video game published in 1987 by Access Software.

Gameplay

Echelon is a game in which the player pilots a C-104 Combat Exploration Vehicle to find a base that has been used by pirates on the planet Isis in the year 2096. The PC version uses Access's RealSound technology.

Reception

Hosea Battles reviewed the Commodore 64 version for Computer Gaming World, stating that "If you like arcade action, flight simulation, space combat, exploration, mystery, and adventure, this game is for you".^[1]

Reviews

• Zzap! - Jun, 1988^[2]
• Your Sinclair - Mar, 1989^[3]
• The Games Machine - Jun, 1988^[4]
• The Games Machine - Jun, 1989^[5]
• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Dec, 1988
• Crash! - Feb, 1989^[6]

External links

• Review in Compute!
• Review of Echelon with Realsound in Compute!
• Review in Compute!'s Gazette
• Review in Info
• Article in RUN Magazine
• Review in Arcades (French)
• Review in Ahoy!
• Review in Videogame & Computer World (Italian)
• Review in Game Players

Notes and References

1. Battles . Hosea . May 1988 . Reaching the Upper "Echelon": Access' 3-D Space Combat Simulator . Computer Gaming World . 1 . 47 . 31 . 2023-01-22.
2. Web site: Crash - No. 61 (1989-02)(Newsfield)(GB) . February 1989 .
3. Web site: Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 39 . March 1989 .
4. Web site: The Games Machine Magazine Issue 07 .
5. Web site: The Games Machine Issue 19 .
6. Web site: ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 038 . June 1988 .