ANTIRIAD (1986)

The Sacred Armour of Antiriad is an arcade adventure game released in 1986 by Palace Software. The game was coded by Chris Stangroom, featuring music and sound effects by Richard Joseph, with game design and graphics provided by Dan Malone and Andrew McGuinness.

The game supports a single player and offers control options via Kempston or Interface 2 joysticks, as well as redefineable keys. The original release included a comic book detailing the events leading up to the start of the game.

The cassette version was priced at £8.99. The title was also released on other platforms, including Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Enterprise 64/128, and PC/DOS.

The game holds an average magazine score of 87%. It received significant critical acclaim, earning a Sinclair User Classic award from Sinclair User and a ZX Computing Monster Hit award from ZX Computing.