The New Zealand Story
Genesis - 1990
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Arcade - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - FM Towns - SEGA Master System - Sharp X68000 - TurboGrafx-16
Description of The New Zealand Story
The New Zealand Story is a video game published in 1990 on Genesis by Taito Corporation. It's an action game, set in an arcade, fantasy, platform and oceania themes, and was also released on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM Towns, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000 and TurboGrafx-16.
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ColaCubesGoodyTwoShoesJRHacksaw 2026-05-09 0 point Commodore 64 version
The ZX Spectrum version is missing from here,it's easily the best 8 bit version,what it lacks in colour,yellow and black,it makes up for with very loyal sprites that are much closer to the 16 Amiga version.
There are no backgrounds but on the Amstrad and C64 versions it has scenery and much more colour,but those are distracting and a lot of the enemies can be hard to see,the C64 version is guilty of this,the enemies are the same colour as the background making it easy to die out of just not seeing something just being in your way,that and the jumping appears be a low and a high system,so that makes navigating sections more of a guessing game than needs to be.
Of the 8 bit ports the ZX spectrum version is much easier to see whats going on,it's more faithful to the acrade and is way better than either Amstrad or the re imagined C64 port.
The Amiga version is a best version all round with full scenery,sounds and game play controls.
The Boz 2022-09-21 1 point Commodore 64 version
Loved this game on the C64, but boy did it provide a challenge. If I remember, it was quite a large game too. Bit of a classic back in the day, a lot better than other platformers such as Rainbow Islands.
Johnny-boy 2021-01-17 1 point
My childhood game. I played this game on Commodore 64 and genesis. I recommend playing this game.
Kiwi 2019-10-29 -3 points
As a New Zealander can anyone tell me what this game has to do with NZ? Even the map on the title screen is wildly inaccurate.
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Genesis ROM
Amiga ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Taito Corporation
Amstrad CPC Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Taito Corporation
Arcade ROM
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Taito Corporation
- Developer: Taito Corporation
Atari ST ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Taito Corporation
Commodore 64 Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Taito Corporation
FM Towns Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Ving Co., Ltd.
- Developer: Taito Corporation
SEGA Master System ROM
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Taito Corporation
- Developer: Taito Corporation
Sharp X68000 Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Sharp Corporation
- Developer: Taito Corporation
TurboGrafx-16 Version
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Taito Corporation
- Developer: Taito Corporation
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