''Sdaw'' is a 1990 action video game developed by

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. It was created by Fabrice Caillaud, Lionel Caillaud, and Arnaud Dewilde.

Plot

The world has been destroyed by a global disaster (World War III), and most of the humans have turned into mutants. A few survivors created a perfect robot named S.D.A.W. (System de Defense Anti-Wobblegobbledigook). Players take control of S.D.A.W. and live in sewers. They have been given a mission to clean the area of its unwanted occupants by restraining and disarming them.

Gameplay

The game's interface consists of a view in the center and action buttons at the bottom of the screen. The player navigates through the sewers by using N, S, E, and W buttons in the bottom-left side of the screen. Other buttons trigger abilities like searching through the player's inventory and examining the surroundings.

Development

The game has a 16 colour

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, and the game world's labyrinth has around 200 screens. The game's use of "mode 2" allowed for graphics that were very difficult to find at the time.

Reception

The game received an 82% from Amstrad, 60% from Joystick, and Tilt gave it a B. MicroNews felt that a bit of extra care to the design, for instance in its animations, would have livened up the game.

References

1990 video games Action video games Amstrad CPC games Amstrad CPC-only games Europe-exclusive video games Video games developed in France Lankhor games {{Action-videogame-stub