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by: Chris Hülsbeck & Ramiro Vaca
copyright: 1988 Activision

CSDb entry: https://csdb.dk/sid/?id=14012

Videoclock:	PAL 50Hz
SIDmodel:	MOS6581
Datasize:	$9E5E
Load Address:	$3194
Init Address:	$3194
Play Address:	$6370
Songs:	14
Songlengths:	2:11, 0:36, 0:26, 0:54, 0:36, 1:02, 0:31, 0:20, 0:41, 0:31, 0:36, 0:19, 0:06, 0:08
Playroutine:	TFMX

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COMMENT: Very interesting story here. Katakis was released in September 1988 by Rainbow Arts, however it never got a release in the UK as Activision had it cancelled because of similarities to R-Type, to which Activision had bought the conversion rights. Activision were getting nowhere with their conversion of R-Type and they liked what they saw of Katakis, so they hired the same programming team (Manfred Trenz and others) to do the C64 conversion. They only got 6 weeks to write the conversion, and sadly, it shows. Katakis was eventually altered and released as Denaris in 1989. Tunes #2 to #14 all cover of the arcade game.
AUTHOR: Chris Hülsbeck
AUTHOR: Chris Hülsbeck
TITLE: Scoring (High Score display) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Chris Hülsbeck
TITLE: Like a Hero (Game Complete) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Battle Theme (Stage 1) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Monster Beat (Stage 2) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Battle Pressure (Stage 3) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Butsu Butsu ("Muttering") (Stage 4) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: A Monster Lurking in the Cave (Stage 5) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Chris Hülsbeck
TITLE: Scrambled Crossroad (Stage 6) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Ogorerumono wa Hisasikarasu (Stage 7) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Chris Hülsbeck
TITLE: Womb (Stage 8) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
COMMENT: Only 0:00-0:16 appears to be a cover.
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Boss Theme (End of Level Boss BGM) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: The End of a War (Game Over) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)
AUTHOR: Ramiro Vaca
TITLE: Return in Triumph (Stage Clear) [from the arcade game R-Type]
ARTIST: Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team)