Iron Lord Explained

Iron Lord
Developer:	Orou Mama Ivan Jacot
Composer:	Jeroen Tel (C64)
Publisher:	Ubi Soft
Released:	1989
Genre:	Adventure
Modes:	Single-player
Platforms:	Atari ST, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

Iron Lord is an adventure video game developed by Orou Mama and Ivan Jacot for the Atari ST and published by Ubi Soft in 1989. It was ported to the Amiga, Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and MS-DOS.

Reception

Computer Gaming World approved of Iron Lords graphics but criticized its performance and load times, especially as the reviewed Amiga version could not run from a hard drive. The magazine nonetheless concluded that the game was "an above-average combination of adventure, strategy and action gaming".^[1] The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #159 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.^[2]

Reviews

• Your Sinclair (October 1989)^[3]
• ST Format (February 1990)^[4]
• Commodore User (October 1989)^[5]
• Amiga Joker (January 1990)^[6]
• Commodore Format (October 1990)^[7]
• Sinclair User (October 1989)^[8]
• Amiga Format (February 1990)^[9]
• Zzap! (February 1990)^[10]
• Power Play (February 1990)^[11]
• Tilt (March 1990)^[12]
• Zzap! (Italy) (October 1989)^[13]
• Crash! (October 1989)^[14]
• ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (February 1990)^[15]
• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (December 1989)^[16]
• Amiga Power (May 1991)^[17]
• Enchanted Realms (January 1991)^[18]
• Jeux & Stratégie nouvelle formule #1^[19]

External links

• Iron Lord at Atari Mania

Notes and References

1. All That Glitters Is Not Iron / UBI Soft's Iron Lord . Computer Gaming World . June 1990 . 16 November 2013 . Greenberg, Allen L. . 62.
2. The Role of Computers . Lesser . Lesser . Lesser . Hartley . Patricia . Kirk . Dragon . 159 . July 1990 . 47–53.
3. Web site: Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 46. October 1989.
4. Web site: ST Format - Issue 7.
5. Web site: Commodore User Magazine Issue 73. October 1989.
6. Web site: Amiga Reviews: Iron lord . amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com . 27 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005030433/http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ironlord.htm . 5 October 2008 . dead.
7. Web site: Commodare Format Magazine Issue 1 1990. archive.org. 28 August 2023.
8. Web site: Sinclair User Magazine Issue 91. October 1989.
9. Web site: Iron Lord review from Amiga Format 7 (Feb 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack.
10. Web site: Iron Lord review from Zzap 58 (Feb 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack.
11. Web site: Iron Lord. kultboy.com. 28 August 2023.
12. Web site: Tilt Magazine 1990 issue 3. abandonware.org. 28 August 2023.
13. Web site: Pagina 22 di Zzap! Numero 38.
14. Web site: Crash - No. 69 (1989-10)(Newsfield)(GB). October 1989.
15. Web site: ACE Magazine Issue 29. February 1990.
16. Web site: Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1990). January 1990.
17. Web site: Amiga Power 1991 issue 1. archive.org. 28 August 2023.
18. Web site: Enchanted Realms. mocagh.org. 28 August 2023.
19. Web site: Jeux & stratégie NF 1 . November 1989.