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Published byPsygnosis LimitedDeveloped byBlue Byte Studio GmbH, Play ByteReleased1990PlatformsAmiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh
GenrePuzzlePresentationTop-DownPacingReal-Time
Best puzzle type game I've played so far, very unique.
Zzap (41)
AmigaInfo (Dec, 1991)
I held off reviewing Atomino in order to include it in this issue. (All right. I admit it - I couldn't stop playing long enough last issue to write the review. Wanna make something of it?) The game presents you with a square work space and a dispenser of atoms which you have to put together into molecules. Each atom has a valence of one to four and they must be connected in such a way that there are no free electrons left. If you can manage that, then the molecule disappears and you move on to the next one. The game requires considerable planning and strategy, and it's also highly addictive. By the way, Psygnosis is sticking to their promise to eliminate on-disk copy protection; Atomino is hard drive installable.
AmigaGames-X (May, 1991)
Compared to the ST version the Amiga version of Atomino is equally as good, if not better, and is another strong product to add to Psygnosis' ever-growing list of classics.
Commodore 6464'er (Mar, 1991)
Die Grafik ist einfach und schlicht, aber trotzdem gelungen, die Musik geht ins Ohr und steigert die Spielfreude. Hat man einmal versucht mit diesem kniffligen Chemiebaukasten zu spielen, kommt man kaum noch davon los. Im ganzen gesehen ist das Spiel super und darum auch ein „Highlight“ auf dem Spielemarkt.
Atomino fits snugly into the mould forged by the likes of Tetris, Puzznic and Atomix, but has enough new features and innovative gameplay for it fit snugly into your puzzle collection as well. Be warned, though, while it's a testing challenge the gameplay doesn't really alter that much: there's just more of the same only harder. Still I played it and enjoyed; I'm sure you will too.
AmigaAmiga Joker (Nov, 1990)
Atomino glänzt durch eine knackige Idee und viel Spielwitz, grafisch darf man sich hingegen keine Wunder erwarten - aber das weiß bei solchen Spielen ja auch schon jedes Kind... (page 29)
Atari STComputer and Video Games (CVG) (Sep, 1991)
The idea is to build molecules from various atoms. That's it, nothing else. No rescuing princesses or saving planets, just simple molecular science. It's rather a lot of fun, too - very much a member of the Tetris School of Puzzling. As you'd expect, the more levels completed the harder they get, and you can soon find yourself hooked, attempting to get yourself out of a spot. Highly recommended to thinkers, this one. read review
Geschicklichkeitsgrübeleien haben Hochkonjunktur. Kaum ein Monat vergeht, ohne daß ein neuer Vertreter dieser Spielegattung erscheint. Der neueste Streich für flinke Gehirnakrobaten kommt aus Deutschland. Blue Byte, bekannt durch das Tennisspiel "Great Courts", will nun die grauen Zellen mit "Atomino" auf Trab halten.
AmigaPower Play (Jan, 1991)
Commodore 64ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (Apr, 1991)
Atomino macht auf sämtlichen Systemen eine glänzende Figur! (…) Wer ein kniffliges Denkspiel sucht und noch nicht eines der Konkurrenzspiele besitzt, der sollte sich Atomino auf alle Fälle zu legen. Fünfundsechzig feststehende Level sorgen für langen Spielspaß. Danach ist aber noch lange nicht
Schluß: Per Zufallsgenerator tauchen bereits gespielte Stages wieder auf - nur schwieriger. Dieses Spiel ist nicht nur für Mini-Einsteins und Wernher von Brauns fesselnd!
DOSASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (Apr, 1991)
Atomino macht auf sämtlichen Systemen eine glänzende Figur! Vor allem auf dem PC macht das Spielen einen Heidenspaß, und dazu trägt nicht nur die starke VGA-Grafik bei, auch der AdLib-Sound - schön heavy - tut sein übriges. Wer ein kniffliges Denkspiel sucht und noch nicht eines der Konkurrenzspiele besitzt, der sollte sich Atomino auf alle Fälle zu legen. Fünfundsechzig feststehende Level sorgen für langen Spielspaß. Danach ist aber noch lange nicht
Einer naturwissenschaftlichen Denkweise entspricht diese Vereinfachung zwar nicht, aber dem Spielspaß tut dies keinen Abbruch. “ATOMINO“ ist eines der wenigen Denkspiele, das nicht der Linie von “BLOCKOUT“ oder “TETRIS“ folgt, sondern eine eigene Spielidee (noch dazu eine Gute) hat. Außerdem ist es in Deutschland programmiert worden und für eine deutsche Produktion erstaunlich gut gelungen.
AmigaRaze (Jul, 1991)
Atomino is a game you really have to sit down and play; it's not the sort that looks enthralling from over someone's shoulder. The challenge of the strategic elements is set about right, although the game can get so infuriating that you give up in despair. A strange release from Psygnosis.
After Thalion's Atomix, comes Psygnosis' Atomino, another molecular puzzler where the aim is to join up a series of atoms to form a chain of molecules. Simple enough, you might think, but each atom has its own valance between one and four so that they need to combine with one, two, three or four other atoms before a complete molecule is formed. Any left over and you've failed in your mission.
Atomino offers very little variety of gameplay. Like most puzzle games it is just the same thing over and over but on higher levels it's a little bit faster. The graphics, as you would expect from a puzzle game, are nothing special, neither is the sound. There is no real atmosphere - it just doesn't make the grade.
The gameplay is interesting and easy to get to grips with, although I feel the lastability is questionable. Atomino won't be causing a big stir in the games world but it is worth looking at it if you are a puzzle fan after some molecule madness. read review
Atomino is one of those games that doesn't really look brilliant. As you can probably see from the screenshots, the magic of Atomino is in its addictiveness. But you will be surprised at just how challenging it really is. The only real problem with it is that I don't think it warrants the full price tag, especially not £25.99. If you're heavily into this sort of game then it's a good buy but otherwise give it a miss. read review
Atomino is a completely stripped-down puzzle game and makes no pretensions at anything else, so it stands or falls on the enjoyability of the puzzle. It's a fast game - most of the time you work by instinct, because you simply don't have the time to plan ahead much. In the end, you can take it or leave it, and many people may greet it with indifference. It's not likely to go down in history as one of the puzzle games, but if you're into sub-molecular atom-arranging you're in for a wild time. (And good luck to you.)
Trotz seines fortgeschrittenen Alters (Baujahr 1990!) ist Atomino nach wie vor einer der fesselndsten Vertreter seiner Art. Das gilt zumindest für die heute noch lieferbaren atomaren Spielereien, denn das heimliche Vorbild „Atomix“ von Thalion ist längst aus den Händlerregalen verschwunden. Und wie eingangs schon erwähnt: Der Preis ist mehr als heiß!
AmigaAmiga Format (Sep, 1991)
A fast-paced puzzle game requiring good forward planning. Pleasantly functional graphics and spot effects. Sadly there is only one tune throughout the game. There is not an option for mouse control, which would of helped. It all becomes somewhat repetitive after a while.
Interesting and different, but not really very compulsive, and at the end of the day compulsiveness is the main criterion for puzzle games. Buy Gem-X first, then think about Atomino. read review
I vanliga fall brukar jag gilla den här typen av hjärngympa, men med Atomino känns det inte som spelet leder någonstans; det är ingen större skillnad mellan nivåerna.
Similar to Pipe Mania in some ways - if you liked that, try this.
Atomino for Amiga (1991) MobyRank - MobyGames
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Published byPsygnosis LimitedDeveloped byBlue Byte Studio GmbH, Play ByteReleased1990PlatformsAmiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh
GenrePuzzlePresentationTop-DownPacingReal-Time
Best puzzle type game I've played so far, very unique.
Zzap (41)
AmigaInfo (Dec, 1991)
I held off reviewing Atomino in order to include it in this issue. (All right. I admit it - I couldn't stop playing long enough last issue to write the review. Wanna make something of it?) The game presents you with a square work space and a dispenser of atoms which you have to put together into molecules. Each atom has a valence of one to four and they must be connected in such a way that there are no free electrons left. If you can manage that, then the molecule disappears and you move on to the next one. The game requires considerable planning and strategy, and it's also highly addictive. By the way, Psygnosis is sticking to their promise to eliminate on-disk copy protection; Atomino is hard drive installable.
AmigaGames-X (May, 1991)
Compared to the ST version the Amiga version of Atomino is equally as good, if not better, and is another strong product to add to Psygnosis' ever-growing list of classics.
Commodore 6464'er (Mar, 1991)
Die Grafik ist einfach und schlicht, aber trotzdem gelungen, die Musik geht ins Ohr und steigert die Spielfreude. Hat man einmal versucht mit diesem kniffligen Chemiebaukasten zu spielen, kommt man kaum noch davon los. Im ganzen gesehen ist das Spiel super und darum auch ein „Highlight“ auf dem Spielemarkt.
Atomino fits snugly into the mould forged by the likes of Tetris, Puzznic and Atomix, but has enough new features and innovative gameplay for it fit snugly into your puzzle collection as well. Be warned, though, while it's a testing challenge the gameplay doesn't really alter that much: there's just more of the same only harder. Still I played it and enjoyed; I'm sure you will too.
AmigaAmiga Joker (Nov, 1990)
Atomino glänzt durch eine knackige Idee und viel Spielwitz, grafisch darf man sich hingegen keine Wunder erwarten - aber das weiß bei solchen Spielen ja auch schon jedes Kind... (page 29)
Atari STComputer and Video Games (CVG) (Sep, 1991)
The idea is to build molecules from various atoms. That's it, nothing else. No rescuing princesses or saving planets, just simple molecular science. It's rather a lot of fun, too - very much a member of the Tetris School of Puzzling. As you'd expect, the more levels completed the harder they get, and you can soon find yourself hooked, attempting to get yourself out of a spot. Highly recommended to thinkers, this one. read review
Geschicklichkeitsgrübeleien haben Hochkonjunktur. Kaum ein Monat vergeht, ohne daß ein neuer Vertreter dieser Spielegattung erscheint. Der neueste Streich für flinke Gehirnakrobaten kommt aus Deutschland. Blue Byte, bekannt durch das Tennisspiel "Great Courts", will nun die grauen Zellen mit "Atomino" auf Trab halten.
AmigaPower Play (Jan, 1991)
Commodore 64ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (Apr, 1991)
Atomino macht auf sämtlichen Systemen eine glänzende Figur! (…) Wer ein kniffliges Denkspiel sucht und noch nicht eines der Konkurrenzspiele besitzt, der sollte sich Atomino auf alle Fälle zu legen. Fünfundsechzig feststehende Level sorgen für langen Spielspaß. Danach ist aber noch lange nicht
Schluß: Per Zufallsgenerator tauchen bereits gespielte Stages wieder auf - nur schwieriger. Dieses Spiel ist nicht nur für Mini-Einsteins und Wernher von Brauns fesselnd!
DOSASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (Apr, 1991)
Atomino macht auf sämtlichen Systemen eine glänzende Figur! Vor allem auf dem PC macht das Spielen einen Heidenspaß, und dazu trägt nicht nur die starke VGA-Grafik bei, auch der AdLib-
Sound - schön heavy - tut sein übriges. Wer ein kniffliges Denkspiel sucht und noch nicht eines der Konkurrenzspiele besitzt, der sollte sich Atomino auf alle Fälle zu legen. Fünfundsechzig feststehende Level sorgen für langen Spielspaß. Danach ist aber noch lange nicht
Einer naturwissenschaftlichen Denkweise entspricht diese Vereinfachung zwar nicht, aber dem Spielspaß tut dies keinen Abbruch. “ATOMINO“ ist eines der wenigen Denkspiele, das nicht der Linie von “BLOCKOUT“ oder “TETRIS“ folgt, sondern eine eigene Spielidee (noch dazu eine Gute) hat. Außerdem ist es in Deutschland programmiert worden und für eine deutsche Produktion erstaunlich gut gelungen.
AmigaRaze (Jul, 1991)
Atomino is a game you really have to sit down and play; it's not the sort that looks enthralling from over someone's shoulder. The challenge of the strategic elements is set about right, although the game can get so infuriating that you give up in despair. A strange release from Psygnosis.
After Thalion's Atomix, comes Psygnosis' Atomino, another molecular puzzler where the aim is to join up a series of atoms to form a chain of molecules. Simple enough, you might think, but each atom has its own valance between one and four so that they need to combine with one, two, three or four other atoms before a complete molecule is formed. Any left over and you've failed in your mission.
Atomino offers very little variety of gameplay. Like most puzzle games it is just the same thing over and over but on higher levels it's a little bit faster. The graphics, as you would expect from a puzzle game, are nothing special, neither is the sound. There is no real atmosphere - it just doesn't make the grade.
The gameplay is interesting and easy to get to grips with, although I feel the lastability is questionable. Atomino won't be causing a big stir in the games world but it is worth looking at it if you are a puzzle fan after some molecule madness. read review
Atomino is one of those games that doesn't really look brilliant. As you can probably see from the screenshots, the magic of Atomino is in its addictiveness. But you will be surprised at just how challenging it really is. The only real problem with it is that I don't think it warrants the full price tag, especially not £25.99. If you're heavily into this sort of game then it's a good buy but otherwise give it a miss. read review
Atomino is a completely stripped-down puzzle game and makes no pretensions at anything else, so it stands or falls on the enjoyability of the puzzle. It's a fast game - most of the time you work by instinct, because you simply don't have the time to plan ahead much. In the end, you can take it or leave it, and many people may greet it with indifference. It's not likely to go down in history as one of the puzzle games, but if you're into sub-molecular atom-arranging you're in for a wild time. (And good luck to you.)
Trotz seines fortgeschrittenen Alters (Baujahr 1990!) ist Atomino nach wie vor einer der fesselndsten Vertreter seiner Art. Das gilt zumindest für die heute noch lieferbaren atomaren Spielereien, denn das heimliche Vorbild „Atomix“ von Thalion ist längst aus den Händlerregalen verschwunden. Und wie eingangs schon erwähnt: Der Preis ist mehr als heiß!
AmigaAmiga Format (Sep, 1991)
A fast-paced puzzle game requiring good forward planning. Pleasantly functional graphics and spot effects. Sadly there is only one tune throughout the game. There is not an option for mouse control, which would of helped. It all becomes somewhat repetitive after a while.
Interesting and different, but not really very compulsive, and at the end of the day compulsiveness is the main criterion for puzzle games. Buy Gem-X first, then think about Atomino. read review
I vanliga fall brukar jag gilla den här typen av hjärngympa, men med Atomino känns det inte som spelet leder någonstans; det är ingen större skillnad mellan nivåerna.
Similar to Pipe Mania in some ways - if you liked that, try this.