Cardiaxx

Cardiaxx
Boxart of Cardiaxx for the Amiga.
Developer(s)	Eclipse Design
Publisher(s)	Team 17
Distributor(s)	Electronic Zoo
Platform(s)	Amiga
Release date(s)	1993
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter

Cardiaxx is a science-fiction scrolling shooter video game for the Commodore Amiga. It was developed by Eclipse Design and published by Team 17 in 1993, although it was originally published by Electronic Zoo.^{[citation needed]} The game features a spaceship as it flies through various levels of varying graphic styles.^{[citation needed]} Each level has a boss at the end, and each level is separated by a sub-level of avoiding asteroids while the next level loads from the floppy disk.^{[citation needed]}

Cardiaxx was developed by David Mariner and Jon Mitchell of Eclipse Design, with Joe Karthouser later joining them.^{[citation needed]} The game's original publisher, Electronic Zoo, failed to release funds owed to Eclipse Design for its development shortly after its public release in 1991.^{[citation needed]} As a result, the Atari ST version was never released, and legal action followed. However, Electronic Zoo closed down during the legal proceedings.^{[citation needed]} The game was later released by Team 17, but again no funds beyond the initial signing fee were ever released.^{[citation needed]} Therefore, Mariner and Mitchell still retain all rights to Cardiaxx to this day.^{[citation needed]}