Sidewinder (Mastertronic video game)

{{Short description|1988 video game}}

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| title = Sidewinder

| image = Sidewinder cover.jpg

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| developer = Arcadia Systems

| publisher = Mastertronic

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| platforms = Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC

| released = {{Video game release|WW|1988}}

| genre = Scrolling shooter

| modes = Single-player

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Sidewinder is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Arcadia Systems and published by Mastertronic in 1988.[http://www.gamespot.com/amiga/action/sidewinder/index.html Game entry] at GameSpot[http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/sidewinder Game entry] at MobyGames.

Reception

Computer Gaming World{{'}}s Chuck Miller reported in June 1994 that Raptor: Call of the Shadows was the first action game to be as addictive for him as Sidewinder on the Amiga in 1988.{{Cite magazine | last=Miller | first=Chuck | date=June 1994 | title=Shareware Showcase | department=Best of the Rest | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=119 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=112,114}}

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