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Catastrophes

Overview

Catastrophes is a single screen building game where you must carry bricks with a helicopter one at a time from a barge and place them on an island to build a hotel as high as you can. You must try to get the highest score you can over six days and each day is shown by the sun moving from east to west across the top of the screen. Every time you place a new storey then you receive a point and as you build you are competing against the computer or a second player who are building at the same time. As each day progresses there are a couple of natural disasters that occur with the first two being a flood and an earthquake which removes bricks for a short space of time. As the days progress then storm winds and lightning can also occur and a plane keeps flying across the screen, and if touched carrying a brick then you lose the brick. The game is over once the six days are over but even if you can't build anymore on an earlier day the game keeps playing. If you leave the joystick alone then after a certain time the computer takes over but you receive no score.

Publishers
Amsoft
Platform
Amstrad CPC
Genre
Action
Alternate Names
  • CatastrophiesFranceFlag of France region
Wikipedia
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Media

Box - 3D

Catastrophes - Box - 3D (Europe) - 774x1313
Europe -  774 x 1313

Box - Back

Catastrophes - Box - Back (United Kingdom) - 617x768
United Kingdom -  617 x 768
Catastrophes - Box - Back (France) - 891x1173
France -  891 x 1173
Catastrophes - Box - Back (United Kingdom) - 766x1194
United Kingdom -  766 x 1194
Catastrophes - Box - Back (France) - 749x1202
France -  749 x 1202
Catastrophes - Box - Back (Spain) - 362x600
Spain -  362 x 600

Box - Front

Catastrophes - Box - Front (France) - 891x1173
France -  891 x 1173
Catastrophes - Box - Front (United Kingdom) - 767x1194
United Kingdom -  767 x 1194
Catastrophes - Box - Front (United Kingdom) - 617x768
United Kingdom -  617 x 768
Catastrophes - Box - Front (France) - 749x1202
France -  749 x 1202
Catastrophes - Box - Front (Spain) - 359x600
Spain -  359 x 600

Box - Spine

Catastrophes - Box - Spine (United Kingdom) - 141x1194
United Kingdom -  141 x 1194
Catastrophes - Box - Spine (United Kingdom) - 37x768
United Kingdom -  37 x 768
Catastrophes - Box - Spine (France) - 73x1173
France -  73 x 1173
Catastrophes - Box - Spine (France) - 148x1202
France -  148 x 1202
Catastrophes - Box - Spine (Spain) - 87x600
Spain -  87 x 600

Cart - Front

Catastrophes - Cart - Front (Europe) - 732x461
Europe -  732 x 461
Catastrophes - Cart - Front (France) - 598x366
France -  598 x 366
Catastrophes - Cart - Front (Spain) - 1172x742
Spain -  1172 x 742

Clear Logo

Catastrophes - Clear Logo (null) - 400x40
400 x 40

Disc

Catastrophes - Disc (Europe) - 927x1163
Europe -  927 x 1163

Screenshot - Game Title

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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