Ah, back in '87 I was like most other kids and still enthralled by the multi-color graphics of the Commodore 64 games (IMHO, CGA graphics couldn't hold a candle to the C64's graphics for gaming). I didn't really get into PC gaming until CVGA graphics were widely replaced by SVGA graphics.
Similar. I was an Amstrad CPC guy and Trantor looked fantastic on it for the time. Full 16 colour graphics, all nice and colourful if a bit blockier than this DOS version. Strange that the C64 port of Trantor used the Spectrum player sprite (looking just black and white) rather than something closer to the CPC version's sprite. I know the C64 had a limit on colours per sprite and attributes and such but could have still done something better than simply using the Speccy sprite.
This is a re-release of a UK game made in 1987. I don't know why it was re-released in 2020 with zero changes and the DOS port isn't even among the best versions. Even the 8 bit versions had far more colour especially the Amstrad CPC.
Metroid wasn't released here in the UK until 1988.
Metroid wasn't released here in the UK until 1988.