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SDI

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SDI: Strategic Defence Initiative

Also known as SDI: Now the Odds are Even

Credits

Released: 1988 (36 years ago)

Publisher: ActivisionInfo / Logos

Re-releaser: The Hit SquadInfo / Logo

Producer: Jonathan Dean

Conversion: SourceLogos

Musician: Paul SummersInfo

Information

Main Control: Joystick (Port 2)

Players: 1 or 2

Language: English

Retail Price: £9.99 Tape
£14.99 Disk
£2.99 Tape (The Hit Squad re-release)

Tape Loader

Freeload

Used in The Hit Squad re-release (1991)

Categorization

Genre: Shoot'em Up, Miscellaneous

Tags: Action, Side view, 2D scrolling, Shooter, Cold War, Sci-fi/futuristic

Tie-In License

Name: SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative

Type: Arcade coin-op

Owner: Sega Enterprises Ltd (Japan)

Reference: SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative on KLOV

Magazine Reviews

C&VG, issue 116 (jul 91), p81 Release type is unknown	54%
Commodore Force, issue 8 (aug 93), p20 Release type is unknown	46%
Commodore Format, issue 9 (jun 91), p37 The Hit Squad budget release	64%
Commodore User, issue 64 (jan 89), p64 Activision full-price release	67%
Games Machine, issue 18 (may 89), p43 Release type is unknown	56%
Your Commodore, issue 81 (jul 91), p51 The Hit Squad budget release	3.5/5
Zzap!64, issue 47 (mar 89), p21 Activision full-price release	64%
Zzap!64, issue 75 (jul 91), p79 The Hit Squad budget release	60%
Average magazine rating: Based on 8 magazine reviews	59%

Added by Kim Lemon, Jan 13, 2002. Viewed 12260 times.

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9 Comments

fyl2049 2024-04-06

(2/10)

Boring, unimaginative shooter that cannot hope to compete with the better games of the genre.

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OceanBorn 2023-06-08

SDI was included in another of my famous game packs, not the best shooter but not the worst.
I played it in short bursts so it wouldn’t overstay it’s welcome.

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Nilshaxard 2018-07-31

Gameplay Video Here:
youtube.com/watch?v=8Peb4LQ6LIE

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stooart 2014-09-27

(4/10)

I think I played this for all of 2 minutes before turning off. There were far better looking and playable shooters out there at the time.

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Richard of TND 2013-05-21

(8/10)

Nice graphics, and an original concept for a shooter. Addictive also.

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Il Notturno 2007-10-28

(10/10)

Particular shooter, funny!

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Sith-Smasher 2006-08-21

(7/10)

Great GFX & shooting gameplay but later levels are too difficult. 7/10

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Amatreus 2003-08-17

Unusual but nevertheless great game. One of the better SEGA releases on the C64.

TWR 2003-06-10

Fantastic game. The graphics are superb, it is a feast for your eyes to watch the sprites. The sound and music is also of top class. The game-play is superb, making you sit up all night just blasting those robots...